Direct to
Indirect SpeechAlameda Adult School
Advanced ESL
Exact quote: Lisa said, “English is easy.”
Reported speech: Lisa said that English was easy.
What happened to the verb in the noun clause?
Exact quote: Lisa said, “Speaking
German was hard for me in
Eastern Europe.”
Reported speech: Lisa said that
speaking German had been hard
for her in Eastern Europe.
What happened to the verb in the
noun clause?
What happened to the pronoun?
What happened to the comma?
Suddenly Angel’s wife said, “I’m
going to die, I can’t feel my toes!”
“I am going to buy a heater or
else we are going to die here,
dude,” Jerry said.
“Rosa, today you will sleep like a
baby!” Mr. Zapata exclaimed.
“We need to buy a heater, I feel
like a popsicle!”
“Hey honey, Tiffany said, “don’t
you think it’s very cold tonight?”
The wife told her husband, “My
love, could you please go to the
store and buy a heater?”