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This powerful KS2 grammar resources pack provides everything you need to teach a series of five lessons on punctuating direct speech, culminating in an extended writing task where children can use their grammatical understanding in context.
With explanations, examples and activities to introduce this topic to your class
Direct speech in writing is where you are directly quoting someone’s words, and these are marked by inverted commas eg “I’ll meet you at the library tomorrow morning,” Sharon said.
Indirect (or reported) speech, on the other hand, is where you are given a rough approximation of what someone said, and doesn’t require quotation/speech marks, eg ‘Sharon told them she’d see them in the library tomorrow.’
Inverted commas go before and after direct speech, surrounding what was said.
“I’m bored,” he complained.
“What’s that noise?” he asked. “Your sister!” his dad replied.
The conductor shouted, “Sit down!”
Use of inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct speech
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