Q753260 - AMAUC - 2018 - Prefeitura de Seara - SC - Professor - Língua Inglesa

A direct speech report usually has a reporting verb in the past simple. The most common reporting verb is said. The reporting clause may come first or second.

Next, there are some examples of direct speech:

In narratives, especially novels and short stories, when the reporting clause comes second, the writers often invert the subject (s) and reporting verb (v):

Indirect reports of statements consist of a reporting clause and a that-clause. We often omit that, especially in formal situations:

The pilot commented that the weather had been extremely bad as the plane came in to land. (The pilot's words were: „The weather was extremely bad as the plane came in to land.‟)

Indirect reports of yes-no questions and questions with or consist of a reporting clause and a reported clause introduced by if or whether. If is more common than whether. The reported clause is in statement form (subject + verb), not question form: