Tham khảo tài liệu 'grammar practice for pre intermediate students phần 7', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Reported speech There are two ways of reporting what a person says Direct speech He said I m going home. I m going home he said. Indirect speech He says he s going home. He said he was going home. DIRECT SPEECH 75 Writing direct speech She said My name s Stella. My name s Stella she said. Direct speech reports the exact words the speaker says. Put quotation marks . before and after the speaker s statement. Notes The speaker s statement always starts with a capital letter. she said can go heforc or after the statement but is separated from it by a comma J. Commas and full stops after the statement go inside the quotation marks. Question marks go inside the quotation marks. Question marks are not followed by a comma are you she said. 105 Reported speech Practice 75a Put the sentences below into direct speech using the words given. 1 the bus driver The bus driver said We re late. 2 the little boy 3 Jane 4 the policeman 5 the old man 106 Reported speech 6 the teacher 7 she 8 he 9 the guard 10 the receptionist .