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    This document provides 10 sentences in indirect speech and rewrites them in direct speech. The summaries are: 1. It rewrites sentences from indirect to direct speech format. 2. Examples include conversations between characters expressing things like "I live in York" or "I wanted to be a lawyer." 3. The direct quotations are intended to show what the characters said rather than reporting it indirectly.

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    An exercise for Direct Speech. Grade 7 FAL

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    This document provides 10 sentences in indirect speech and rewrites them in direct speech. The summaries are: 1. It rewrites sentences from indirect to direct speech format. 2. Examples include conversations between characters expressing things like "I live in York" or "I wanted to be a lawyer." 3. The direct quotations are intended to show what the characters said rather than reporting it indirectly.

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    Angela Cole
    This document provides 10 sentences in indirect speech and rewrites them in direct speech. The summaries are: 1. It rewrites sentences from indirect to direct speech format. 2. Examples include conversations between characters expressing things like "I live in York" or "I wanted to be a lawyer." 3. The direct quotations are intended to show what the characters said rather than reporting it indirectly.

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    DIRECT SPEECH

    Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.

    1. He said that he had never seen me.


    ".................................................................... ," he said.

    2. We told them that we were working on it.


    "................................................. on it," we told them.

    3. She said that she lives in York.


    "................................ in York."

    4. Paul claimed that he had been exercising for several years.


    "......................................................................... for several years," claimed Paul.

    5. He said that at one o'clock he had been having lunch.


    " .............................................. lunch."

    6. They replied that they had started on time.


    "........................................... on time," they replied.

    7. Phil said that he wanted to be a lawyer.


    ".............................................. a lawyer," said Phil.

    8. Mary told us that she wouldn't be in her office.


    "................................................... office," told us Mary.

    9. He claimed that he had always been my friend.


    "........................................................ friend," he claimed.

    10. Betty told me that she hadn't known about the email I had sent to her.
    "................................... about the email .................................................... ," told me Betty.
    DIRECT SPEECH
    Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech.

    1. He said that he had never seen me.


    ".................................................................... ," he said.

    2. We told them that we were working on it.


    "................................................. on it," we told them.

    3. She said that she lives in York.


    "................................ in York."

    4. Paul claimed that he had been exercising for several years.


    "......................................................................... for several years," claimed Paul.

    5. He said that at one o'clock he had been having lunch.


    " .............................................. lunch."

    6. They replied that they had started on time.


    "........................................... on time," they replied.

    7. Phil said that he wanted to be a lawyer.


    ".............................................. a lawyer," said Phil.

    8. Mary told us that she wouldn't be in her office.


    "................................................... office," told us Mary.

    9. He claimed that he had always been my friend.


    "........................................................ friend," he claimed.

    10. Betty told me that she hadn't known about the email I had sent to her.
    "................................... about the email .................................................... ," told me Betty.

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