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What is direct speech?
Direct speech is when we repeat someone’s exact words using quotation marks
Bruce Wayne said, “I am Batman.”
Bruce Wayne said that he was Batman.
What is reported speech?
Reported speech tells what someone said without using their exact words
Add punctuation: He said ___ I love pizza
He said, “I love pizza.”
“Today” changes to...
that day
Find the mistake: She said, “that she is happy.”
She said, “I am happy.”
Correct the mistake: She said that she likes pizza
She said that she liked pizza
Find the mistake: He said that he is late.
He said that he was late
Find the mistake: “She said me that she was late.”
She told me that she was late.
Find and correct: She said that she met him tomorrow
She said that she met him the next day.
Iron Man said, “I saved the world yesterday.”
Iron Man said that he had saved the world the day before.
Captain Marvel said, “I’m fighting aliens right now.”
Captain Marvel said that she was fighting aliens at that moment.
Complete: “I’m learning English,” she said
She said that she was learning English.
Complete the sentence: He ___ he was tired.
He said he was tired.
Replace correctly: “I was here yesterday,” he said
He said that he had been there the day before.
Change to reported speech: He said, “I am busy.”
He said that he was busy.
Naruto said, “I have already finished the mission.”
Naruto said that he had already finished the mission. 🍥
Change from direct to reported: “We will travel tomorrow,” they said
They said that they would travel the next day.
Change to reported speech: Doctor Strange said to Spider-Man, “Don’t mess with the spell or you’ll regret it.”
Doctor Strange told Spider-Man not to mess with the spell or he would regret it.
Transform: “We will meet here tomorrow,” she said
She said that they would meet there the next day.
Create your own sentence in direct speech using your favorite movie character. Example: Tony Stark said, “I am Iron Man.”
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Luke Skywalker said, “I had been training for years before I met you.”
Luke Skywalker said that he had been training for years before he met him/her.
Make your own reported sentence from a drama or movie quote. Example: He said that love was like the moon — beautiful but far away.
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Rewrite using say / tell and correct tense changes: Hermione said to Harry, “I’ve told you the truth, but you never listen.”
Hermione told Harry that she had told him the truth, but he never listened.
The scientist said, “We have been trying to solve this mystery for years.”
The scientist said that they had been trying to solve that mystery for years.