Indirect and Direct Speech

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Direct speech

Als je letterlijk opschrijft wat iemand zegt
Aanhalingstekens

“Were you scared?”
Dan said: “It is an unbelievable story.”

Indirect speech

Als je omschrijft wat iemand heeft gezegd of gedacht
Geen aanhalingstekens

She asked him if he was scared.
He said that it was an unbelievable story.
She asks if I have a girlfriend.

Indirect speech

Let op de vorm van werkwoorden bij indirect speech
Als ‘he asked, she said, he told me’ etc. in de verleden tijd staat, moet de rest van de zin ook in de verleden tijd

She asked if he was scared
He said that it was an unbelievable story

Practice

Rewrite the following sentences. Change direct speech into indirect speech and indirect speech into direct speech.

"You're back from Africa?" she asked.

My uncle said he was still a bit tired.

I told him that he could stay in the car.

Steve said he was in the car with his friend.

The park ranger shouted: "You should switch off the engine!"

Dan said: "It is really amazing to see these animals in the wild."

The end

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