Question

Change the following from direct into indirect . The teacher said to the students, "Complete your work."

Answer 1

Answer: The teacher told the students to complete their work.

Answer 2

Answer:

Direct Speech - The teacher said to the students, "Complete your work."

Indirect Speech -

The answer can be in two ways:

• The teacher told the students to complete their work.

• The teacher ordered the students to complete their work.

Explanation:

There are two main ways of reporting.

These are direct speech and indirect or reported speech.

When we use direct speech, we quote the actual word spoken by a person.

In writing, this is shown within quotation marks.

When we use indirect speech, we do not quote the actual words spoken by a person.

But convey their meaning in our own words.

The connector that is used to introduce indirect words.