Questão 2174782

Direct speech reports the speaker’s exact words, while indirect speech preserves verb tenses, pronouns, and temporal references without change.

Direct speech reproduces the speaker’s words exactly, while indirect speech conveys the same meaning with necessary adjustments in verb tense, pronouns, and temporal or spatial references.

Indirect speech uses quotation marks and retains the original form of the speaker’s words, but adapts only the time expressions.

Direct speech summarizes the idea of a statement without quotation marks, whereas indirect speech quotes the speaker literally with all original grammar intact.

Indirect speech always reports words literally, keeping pronouns and verb tenses unchanged, while direct speech paraphrases freely.