BLUE TEAM

Direct speech
Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech (sometimes called quoted speech)
what a person says appears within quotation marks ("...") and should be word for word.

Indirect speech
Indirect speech (sometimes called reported speech),
doesn't use quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn't have to be word for word.

DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH

1. Simone said, “Cacti grow best in tropical places.
2. Bong said, “The he lists a lot of environmental
improvements”.
3. The student says, “The lesson is very
interesting”.
Simone said that Cacti grew best in tropical places.
Bong said that the he listed a lot of environmental
improvements”.
The student says that the lesson is very interesting.

PINK TEAM
The tense of the introductory verb is the basis of the verb tense that will be used when transforming sentences from
direct to indirect speech

DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH

1. Simone said, “Cacti grow best in tropical places. Simone said that Cacti grew best in tropical places.
2. Bong said, “The he lists a lot of environmental Bong said that the he listed a lot of environmental
improvements”. improvements”.
3. The student says, “The lesson is very interesting”. The student says that the lesson is very interesting.

VIOLET TEAM
If the reported sentence contains an expression of time, you must change it to fit in with the time of reporting. For
example we need to change words like here and yesterday.

DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH

She said, “I am buying a laptop today”. She said that she was buying a laptop that day.
He said, “ I need your help now”. He said that he needed his help then.
Jane says, “You are my date tonight”. Jane says that he is her date that night.