Provide your class with this reference page on direct and indirect speech. The page includes definitions of direct speech and reported speech (also known as indirect speech). When writing, pupils can check the sample sentences provided on this reference page. The examples show proper punctuation and how certain types of sentences look when written as direct speech and as reported speech.

Concepts

direct speech, indirect speech

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Classroom Considerations

• Some of the grammatical explanations are complex and may need clarification or additional explanation

Pros

• Comes with plenty of examples to reference and shows examples the same sentence written as direct and indirect speech for easy comparison

Cons

• Does not include any exercises