1. Direct to
Indirect Speech
Alameda Adult School
Advanced ESL

2. Exact quote: Lisa
said, “English is easy.”
Reported speech: Lisa said
that English was easy.
What happened to the verb in
the noun clause?

3. 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?

4. Suddenly Angel’s wife said, “I’m
going to die, I can’t feel my toes!”

5. “I am going to buy a heater or
else we are going to die here,
dude,” Jerry said.

6. “We are gonna sleep good
tonight,” the wife said.

7. “Rosa, today you will sleep like a
baby!” Mr. Zapata exclaimed.

8. “We need to buy a heater, I feel
like a popsicle!”

9. “Hey honey, Tiffany said, “don’t
you think it’s very cold tonight?”

10. The wife told her husband, “My
love, could you please go to the
store and buy a heater?”