Lesson 7: Direct & Reported Speech Flashcards
(20 cards)
What does direct speech do?
Repeats exactly what someone said or quotes the same words spoken.
What does reported speech (indirect speech) do?
Narrates or retells what the speaker said in the past, with changes in the actual words.
What do both direct and reported speech provide?
Information or repetition of another person’s statement.
What verbs are commonly used in both direct and reported speech?
Reporting verbs such as said, told, asked, etc.
What is the first difference between direct and reported speech?
Direct speech uses quotation marks; reported speech does not.
What is the second difference between direct and reported speech?
In reported speech, the pronoun often changes.
What is the third difference between direct and reported speech?
In reported speech, the word “that” is often used after said, but “that” is optional.
What is the fourth difference between direct and reported speech?
In reported speech, the time words being used may also change if the report will be given at a different time.
What is the fifth difference between direct and reported speech?
The verb in reported speech changes in tense.
Convert to indirect speech: She said, “My mother has given me a gold necklace before my birthday.”
She said that her mother had given her a gold necklace before her birthday.
Convert to indirect speech: Mom said, “Gary had cleaned his room very well before.”
Mom said that Gary had cleaned his room very well before.
Convert to indirect speech: James shouted, “I got the first prize.”
James shouted that he had gotten the first prize.
Convert to direct speech: Sarah said that she had never seen a lion before.
Sarah said, “I have never seen a lion before.”
Convert to direct speech: Tom mentioned that he was planning a trip to Italy.
Tom said, “I am planning a trip to Italy.”
Convert to direct speech: Lisa told me that she couldn’t attend the meeting.
Lisa said, “I can’t attend the meeting.”
Direct Speech is reporting the ______ words of another person.
exact
Reported Speech is ________ reporting the exact words of another person.
not
Quotation marks are used in ______ speech statements.
direct
When the verb in direct speech is in present tense, it changes into ______ tense in reported speech.
past
When the verb in direct speech is in past tense, it changes into past _______ tense in reported speech.
perfect
