Students learn the difference between direct speech, which quotes a speaker's exact words inside quotation marks, and reported speech, which retells what was said without them. They identify each kind, change direct speech into reported speech (changing pronouns, tense and time words) and reported speech back into direct speech, then write a short news-style recount that uses both.
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Completed: Direct and Reported Speech
Year 6 students (typically ages 11–12) working on punctuation. It is pitched at level 2 · standard; an easier version and a harder version are linked above.
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Direct speech quotes the exact words. Reported speech retells them with no quotation marks.
Direct speech gives the exact words in quotation marks. Reported speech (also called indirect speech) retells what someone said, usually after said that or asked if, with no quotation marks. Circle which kind each sentence uses.
Rewrite each sentence as reported speech. Change the pronouns and move the verb one step back in time: am → was, have → had, will → would.
Rewrite each sentence as direct speech. Use quotation marks and put the end punctuation of the speech inside them.
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