Indirect speech can also be called ‘reported speech’, which explains its meaning very well. If someone has spoken to you and you tell someone else what she or he said, you are using indirect speech. Read the words that have been written in direct speech.

Also known as indirect speech. Unlike direct speech, which relies on speech-marks to directly quote what someone has said, reported speech relays the same information without quoting the speaker.

The words which generally come before the inverted commas are called the reporting clause, i.e. Sohan said to Mohan and the verb ‘said’, is called the reporting verb. The words spoken by Sohan and put within inverted commas are called the reported speech, i.e. “I am going to school.”

This set of worksheets introduces the rules for direct and reported speech and gives exercises of converting dialogues each way. They are roughly graded from 1 (suitable for less advanced learners) to 7 (for the more advanced group).

Reported Speech Examples. “She must try harder if she wants to succeed,” he said. He said that she had to try harder if she wanted to succeed. “My father will be angry with me if he finds out,” she said.> She said that her father would be angry with her if he found out. “You had better speak to the manager,” she said to him.

Indirect Speech. This KS2 English quiz challenges you on indirect speech. Indirect speech can also be called ‘reported speech’, which explains its meaning very well. If someone has spoken to you and you tell someone else what she or he said, you are using indirect speech.

Factual writing such as newspaper reports or recounts include two types of speech – direct and indirect/reported speech. Direct speech is when the exact words that have been said by a person are written down inside inverted commas. Inverted commas (speech marks) go before and after direct speech.