Loading please wait

The smart way to improve grades

Comprehensive & curriculum aligned

Try an activity or get started for free

Direct and Reported Speech: Know the Difference 1

In this worksheet, students practise identifying direct and reported speech. They begin to use this for effect in their own writing.

'Direct and Reported Speech: Know the Difference 1' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 5 11+ worksheets

Curriculum topic:   English

Curriculum subtopic:   Punctuation: Direct & Reported Speech

Difficulty level:  

Worksheet Overview

Most stories contain a mixture of direct speech and reported speech.

 

In direct speech, we write the exact words that a character says and put speech marks around them.

For example:

"I'm tired," said Peter.

 

Reported speech tells the reader what the character said, but without using the exact words and without speech marks.

For example:

Peter said he was tired.

 

There are sometimes a number of ways of changing direct speech into reported speech, but the important thing is that the reported speech must give the same information as the direct speech.

For example, all three of these sentences give the same information.

"Thank you for having me to stay," said Kim to her grandmother.

Kim said thank you to her grandmother for having her to stay.

Kim thanked her grandmother for having her to stay.

 

Reported speech is sometimes called indirect speech.

What is EdPlace?

We're your National Curriculum aligned online education content provider helping each child succeed in English, maths and science from year 1 to GCSE. With an EdPlace account you’ll be able to track and measure progress, helping each child achieve their best. We build confidence and attainment by personalising each child’s learning at a level that suits them.

Get started
laptop

Try an activity or get started for free

  • National Tutoring Awards 2023 Shortlisted / Parents
    National Tutoring Awards 2023 Shortlisted
  • Private-Tutoring-WINNER-EducationInvestor-Awards / Parents
    Winner - Private Tutoring
  • Bett Awards Finalist / Parents
    Finalist
  • Winner - Best for Home Learning / Parents
    Winner - Best for Home Learning / Parents