Direct S Indirect Reported5
Exact
wordsused speech wordsat
reportingdirect whata person says
by
Inverted commas court
roomlanguage specific formal
New paragraph foreachspeaker
Alwaysinsertthatto linkintoverb to directs
Clausethatcontainstheintroductory verb likesaid asked E it
Mpho admitted Ilovechocolate
g
Tellsuswhothespeaker is mpho thathelovechocolate
admitted
isalwaysfollowedbycomma
Introductory verb
Question sentences
Spoken word
he
Iontiate
ahhahhh Inte
examsinJune
Inverted commas areusedto encase directs
Eg Thechildrenasked if theywouldwriteexaminJune
Begin w Capitalletter Begins w whowhatwhenwherewhyhow If he
Eg why can't wehavestudy leave askedDaisy
shouted school's
1 Theclass forterm2
out Daisyaskedwhythey
couldn'thave
studyleave
2 HowlongistheJuneholiday Tig ÉÉchoirboy
exciaimeatij.ir itheixaiiii eaii
3 maam i command sentences
in
97 Tayer
e g Teacherordered childrenkeepquiet
, 1 Theteacherorderedthechildren tokeepquiet
2 Theteacher orderedthatthechildren should keepquiet
Exclamations
ouch Hooraywow canbeused
Eg ouch Istubbedmy
toe the
screamed
girl
hegirlscreamedinpainthatshestumpedhertoe
verb
Introductory
I site she t
We hey pasttense pastsaidthata
speech
jiff
report
you Ishehewetay
Thy hey Present t s reported present
the
sheme she
pronouns
now Then day
Tomorrow Following
nextday
dayafter
the
I In
day
Here There next
men Knowingw
next w yesterday said
na
yesterday any Ago previously
Previous
bear bad his
saidthat keys
day Ibetue were
heretuday
heygyk
before
Last
week
Tonight man
, ActiveV Passive
v
Subjectatthesentdoestheaction objbecomesthesubject havingtheaction done toit
Theballiskicked
bytheboy
The kickstheball
boy
Present kicki Present iskickedby
Past kicked Past waskickedby
Future willkick Future willbekickedby
1 Find S V O e.gl Theleadertoaderstheclass
2 Startnew sent w obj theclassistaughtbytheteacher
3 Change tense 2 Theboys willplaythesoccermatch
4 toaddby
Remember
heSoovermatchwillbeplayedbytheboys
5 Endsent w subj
Exact
wordsused speech wordsat
reportingdirect whata person says
by
Inverted commas court
roomlanguage specific formal
New paragraph foreachspeaker
Alwaysinsertthatto linkintoverb to directs
Clausethatcontainstheintroductory verb likesaid asked E it
Mpho admitted Ilovechocolate
g
Tellsuswhothespeaker is mpho thathelovechocolate
admitted
isalwaysfollowedbycomma
Introductory verb
Question sentences
Spoken word
he
Iontiate
ahhahhh Inte
examsinJune
Inverted commas areusedto encase directs
Eg Thechildrenasked if theywouldwriteexaminJune
Begin w Capitalletter Begins w whowhatwhenwherewhyhow If he
Eg why can't wehavestudy leave askedDaisy
shouted school's
1 Theclass forterm2
out Daisyaskedwhythey
couldn'thave
studyleave
2 HowlongistheJuneholiday Tig ÉÉchoirboy
exciaimeatij.ir itheixaiiii eaii
3 maam i command sentences
in
97 Tayer
e g Teacherordered childrenkeepquiet
, 1 Theteacherorderedthechildren tokeepquiet
2 Theteacher orderedthatthechildren should keepquiet
Exclamations
ouch Hooraywow canbeused
Eg ouch Istubbedmy
toe the
screamed
girl
hegirlscreamedinpainthatshestumpedhertoe
verb
Introductory
I site she t
We hey pasttense pastsaidthata
speech
jiff
report
you Ishehewetay
Thy hey Present t s reported present
the
sheme she
pronouns
now Then day
Tomorrow Following
nextday
dayafter
the
I In
day
Here There next
men Knowingw
next w yesterday said
na
yesterday any Ago previously
Previous
bear bad his
saidthat keys
day Ibetue were
heretuday
heygyk
before
Last
week
Tonight man
, ActiveV Passive
v
Subjectatthesentdoestheaction objbecomesthesubject havingtheaction done toit
Theballiskicked
bytheboy
The kickstheball
boy
Present kicki Present iskickedby
Past kicked Past waskickedby
Future willkick Future willbekickedby
1 Find S V O e.gl Theleadertoaderstheclass
2 Startnew sent w obj theclassistaughtbytheteacher
3 Change tense 2 Theboys willplaythesoccermatch
4 toaddby
Remember
heSoovermatchwillbeplayedbytheboys
5 Endsent w subj
