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LANGUAGE STUDY - Direct and Indirect Speech

l. Observe the sentences below, taken from the text on page 63. Then, in your notebook, answer

the questions about them. IThe gentleman said he was in a hurry.

a) I asked him if he had a doctor's appointment.

b) He told me that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.

c) He told me she had been in a nursing home for a while.

d) I was surprised and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know

who you are?"

e) He smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is."

1) Which sentences contain the speakers' exact words?

2) Which sentences contain a report of what the speakers said?

3) In which sentences are quotation marks used to indicate the speakers' exact words?

4) Which sentences are examples of Direct Speech, used when we quote someone's exact

words?

5) Which sentences are examples of Indirect Speech, used when we report what someone said

without using their exact words?

2. Read the sentences from the previous activity again and complete the statements below. said,

asked

We use reporting verbs to report what someone said. In the sentences above, the reporting

verbs are: told, and Other common reporting verbs are:

answered, replied, responded.

3. Read the sentences from activity 1 once more. Then check the correct option to answer the

following questions in your notebook.

a) What were the exact words probably said by the elderly gentleman in sentence a?

• I was in a hurry.

• I'm in a hurry.

• I said was in a hurry.

b) What were the exact words said by the nurse in sentence b?

• "You have a doctor's appointment."

• "Do you have a doctor's appointment?"

• "Did he have a doctor's appointment?"

c) What were the old man's exact words in sentence c?

• "l need to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with my wife."

• "l had needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with my wife."

• "He needs to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife."

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LANGUAGE STUDY - Direct and Indirect Speech

l. Observe the sentences below, taken from the text on page 63. Then, in your notebook, answer

the questions about them. IThe gentleman said he was in a hurry.

a) I asked him if he had a doctor's appointment.

b) He told me that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.

c) He told me she had been in a nursing home for a while.

d) I was surprised and asked him, "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know

who you are?"

e) He smiled as he patted my hand and said, "She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is."

1) Which sentences contain the speakers' exact words?

2) Which sentences contain a report of what the speakers said?

3) In which sentences are quotation marks used to indicate the speakers' exact words?

4) Which sentences are examples of Direct Speech, used when we quote someone's exact

words?

5) Which sentences are examples of Indirect Speech, used when we report what someone said

without using their exact words?

2. Read the sentences from the previous activity again and complete the statements below. said,

asked

We use reporting verbs to report what someone said. In the sentences above, the reporting

verbs are: told, and Other common reporting verbs are:

answered, replied, responded.

3. Read the sentences from activity 1 once more. Then check the correct option to answer the

following questions in your notebook.

a) What were the exact words probably said by the elderly gentleman in sentence a?

• I was in a hurry.

• I'm in a hurry.

• I said was in a hurry.

b) What were the exact words said by the nurse in sentence b?

• "You have a doctor's appointment."

• "Do you have a doctor's appointment?"

• "Did he have a doctor's appointment?"

c) What were the old man's exact words in sentence c?

• "l need to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with my wife."

• "l had needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with my wife."

• "He needs to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife."

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