Direct and

Indirect
Speech
Salsadila Sindya Dewantari
Zhorifa Fitri Puspita M.
1 Definiti
on
Direct speech (Direct Discourse) is a
report of the exact words used by a
speaker or writer.
When we use it?
 To describe what someone said

 To reapet what someone say

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Example:
✗ “What’s your name?” the man asked.

✗ "I have some good news,” she whispered ina

mischievous way.

✗ “I’m tired,” she says almost every evening.

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 How to change direct speech into
indirect speech?
1) Add the conjuctions "that, to, if or
whether etc".
2) Remove quotation marks, question
Eg:
mark, exclamation and fullstop,
✗ Direct: "I'm tired," she says almost
wherever necessary.
every evening. (Simple present) 
3) Change the tenses or pronoun.
✗ Indirect: Almost every evening,
she says (that) she is tired. 

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 Indirect
speech 2
Indirect speech (Indirect Discourse)
is paraphrasing what someone said
or wrote.

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When we use
it?
 Describing what happened in
past times
 Recounting something that
was said to you before

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Example:
✗ Jerry said (that) he's going to buy a new car.

✗ The teacher asked me where my textbook was.

✗ Bill said (that) he can't come in today because he's sick.

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 How to change indirect speech
into direct speech?
1) Remove the conjuctions "that, to, if or
whether etc". ...
2) Insert quotation marks, question mark,
Eg:
exclamation and fullstop, wherever  Indirect: Jerry said (that) he's going to
necessary. buy a new car.
3) Put a comma before the statement.
 Direct: Jerry said, "I'm going to buy a
new car."

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Change it into direct / indirect speech

1. He told us that the Earth is round.

2. She said that her brother is living in Australia.
3.  I will tell him that the shop closes at 5.30. 
4. She has told us, "They are late again."
5. She told me, "I am homesick."

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Key Answer:

1. He told us, "The Earth is round."

2. She said, “My brother is living in Australia.”
3.  I will tell him, “The shop closes at 5.30.” 
4. She has told us that they are late again.
5. She told me that she was homesick."

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Thanks
!
Any questions?

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