Question

Unscramble the following sentences. Which are Direct Speech and which are Reported Speech?

1 told / John / he / music / didn’t / Jane / like / that /music

2. I / from / have / husband / divorced /my

3. said / it / they / that / would / on / rain / Saturday

4. I / Mike / going out / told/ I / was / the / before / night

5. went / they / to / last / a concert / Saturday

6. said / he / Peter / went / yesterday / that / afternoon / there

Answer 1

Explicación:

Reported speech utiliza verbos como: said, told, talk, speak

Su propósito es reportar lo que alguien dijo.

Direct Speech  dice exactamente lo que alguien dijo.

1.  John told Jane that he didn´t like music.--.  Reported speech

2.  I have divorced from my husband.  ( from no se usa )

Se dice I divorced my husband. ----Direct speech.

3. They said that it would rain on Saturday.   --- Reported Speech

4.  I told Mike I was going out the night before. ----Reported speech

5.  They went to a concert last Saturday. --- Direct speech

6.  Peter said that he went there yesterday afternoon. Reported speech