Quoted and reported speech
Investigate how quoted (direct) and reported (indirect) speech are used, and change between them by adjusting pronouns, tense and punctuation
Lesson
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“Quoted and reported speech means practising the idea at the table with a short text or prompt and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
Bring to the table
- Sentence strips or sticky notes
- Pencil
Extra for the adult
Worked example. In “The dogs run,” adult underlines the plural noun “dogs.”
Optional challenge. For Quoted and reported speech, add one harder example after success.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: examples tried; results; support used. This session samples Quoted and reported speech, not mastery.
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Quoted and reported speech means practising the idea at the table with a short text or prompt and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Sentence strips or sticky notes; Pencil. 1. Say the goal of Quoted and reported speech in plain words once. 2. Adult shows one sentence and marks the target grammar feature once. 3. Child finds or fixes the feature in three short sentences and reads each aloud. 4. Fresh check: one fresh sentence mark or fix. Record and stop. Done: three correctly marked or fixed sentences. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Learning resources
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BBC Bitesize · Practice link — not the full lesson
KS2 English
Before you open · source notes
KS2 English supports Quoted and reported speech. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Before you openAsk the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.
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Source, access and review notes
Public BBC Bitesize page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
BBC Bitesize. “KS2 English.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Change '"I am tired," said Mia' into reported speech ('Mia said that she was tired')
- Change 'Tom said that he would bring the ball' into quoted speech with correct punctuation
- Explain why a news report might use reported speech for most of an interview and quote only one key sentence
“Can your child retell what someone said in their own words — like 'Mia said that she was tired' — as well as writing the exact words in speech marks?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 9–10
Standards