Direct and Reported (Indirect) Speech

Move the Tag

10

Mom called, "Time for breakfast."

MOVE THE TAG TO THE BEGINNING.

"Time for breakfast," Mom called.

20

The teacher asked, "What's your favorite animal?"

MOVE THE TAG TO THE END.

"What is your favorite animal?" asked the teacher.

30

"This is the best present ever," cheered Jacob, "thank you!"

KEEP THE TAG WHERE IT IS, BUT CHANGE THE TAG TO ANOTHER WORD THAT MAKES SENSE.  

"This is the best present ever," cried Jacob, "thank you!" 

What other words can you think of besides 'cheered' or 'cried'?

40

Tucker laughed, "My book is very funny!"

MOVE THE TAG TO THE BEGINNING.  

"My book is very funny!" laughed Tucker.  

50

Sam asked, "How many more days until grandma visits?"

MOVE THE TAG TO THE MIDDLE

"How many days, "Sam asked, "until grandma visits?"

Direct or Reported Speech?

10

Mike said that the snow would fall until it was up to the windows.

Reported (or Indirect)

20

"Mom, can we go to the store?" I asked.

Direct

30

The teacher told them they should go now because the teacher wanted to have time to pick out the best flowers.  

Indirect/Reported

40

She asked me if I know anything about birthday parties.  

Indirect Speech/Reported Speech

50

"Why was the teacher picking out flowers?" Akihiro asked.  

Direct

Punctuation Questions

10

What are these called? " "

Quotation Marks

20

How many quotation marks do you need to use when the tag is in the middle?

Four

30

When the tag is in the middle, how many commas will you need to use?

2

40

Generally speaking, question Marks, periods, exclamation marks, etc., do they go inside or outside of the quotation marks?

Inside

50

Which expression is synonymous with Reported Speech?

Indirect Speech

Change from Direct to Reported Speech

10

"My book is very funny!" said George.  

George said his book was very funny.

20

Soshi exclaimed, "I love school!"

Soshi exclaimed that he loves school.

30

"We don't want to do P.E. today," said the boys, "we want to read poems to one another!"

The boys didn't want P.E. today because they wanted to read poems to one another.

40

"Mike?" asked the girls, "Can you ask the boys to hurry up with the task?"

The girls asked Mike if he could ask the boys to hurry up with the task.  

50

"I've got two turn tables and a microphone!" shouted out Kotaro.  

Kotaro shouted out that he had two turn tables and a microphone.  

Change from Reported to Direct Speech

10

Luke said that he liked hotdogs better than hamburgers.  

"I like hotdogs," Luke said, "but I like hamburgers better."

20

Mom called out that it was time for breakfast.  

"It's time for breakfast!" mom called out.

30

The girls told their mothers that they wanted ice-cream for dinner.  

"We want ice-cream for dinner," the girls told their mothers.  

40

Nathan, from the YouTube Channel Outdoor Boys, said that he was cold.  

"I'm cold! cried Nathan, from the Outdoor Boys YouTube channel.  

50

Luke said that he would take his family camping in minus-45 degrees Celsius .

Luke said, "I'm taking you all camping in minus-45 degrees Celsius."