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14.3.1 Sentences: Direct and Indirect Speech

English · Grade 9 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • The difference between direct and indirect speech
  • Punctuation of direct speech and the changes made in reported speech

What you will be able to do

  • differentiate between direct and indirect speech
  • convert direct speech into indirect speech
  • use the correct punctuation marks in direct speech
  • apply direct and indirect speech correctly in communication

Key questions

“How do we report what others have said?”

Lessons

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  1. Direct speech: exact words and punctuation
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Write direct speech with quotation marks and the correct punctuation.
  2. From direct to indirect speech
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Report speech by changing the pronoun, the tense, and the time and place words.