Direct Vs Indirect speech

• Communicatie
• HBO
• Studiejaar 4

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Goal

How to differentiate between direct & indirect speech

Agenda

- Theory 

- Practice

- Summarise

What do you know about direct and indirect speech?

Theory

- Direct speech

- Indirect speech

Examples

Direct: 

-Mark said: " I did not lie about Pieter, I just got no active memory on it." 

- The boss was angry and shouted: " Why is Thijs Late, again?!" 

- Erik ten Hag told the press: " It was a difficult year, but we still managed to be the champion of the Netherlands"

Examples

Indirect:

- Mark had no active memory on the matter and did not lie about Pieter.

- The boss shouted angrily because Thijs was Late again.

- Although it was a difficult year, Erik ten Hag and his team became champions of the Netherlands 

Comparison

Direct followed by indirect:

1.

Dir: He said: " I am going out" 

Indir: He said he was going out

2.

Dir: She said: "I have finished"

Indir: She said she had finished

Make a indirect and a direct sentence with the following words:
Swim, Eat, Rave, Cycle, Watch, Concentrate and Fly

Summarise

Direct speech is used when you report on what someone actually said. Stands out because of the quotation marks.

Indirect speech is used while describing something someone says, using NO quotation marks.