What is direct speech example?



Direct speech is a sentence in which the exact words spoken are reproduced in speech marksspeech marksIn English writing, quotation marks or inverted commas, also known informally as quotes, talking marks, speech marks, quote marks, quotemarks or speechmarks, are punctuation marks placed on either side of a word or phrase in order to identify it as a quotation, direct speech or a literal title or name.

What are the examples of direct and indirect speech?

Here are some other examples:

  • Direct speech: “I had a headache yesterday.”
  • Indirect speech: You said you’d had a headache the day before yesterday.
  • Direct speech: “It’s been raining since this afternoon.”
  • Indirect speech: He said it’d been raining since that afternoon.

Do as directed examples?

Do as Directed

  • I disliked the idea of making Omelette. …
  • Mother was not at home. …
  • As soon as Dave had begun his second year when he heard himself hopelessly swamped. [ …
  • Don’t lose faith. [ …
  • I used to spend hours under it. [ …
  • He was treated with respect. [ …
  • I have tried getting you into the kitchen. [