Definition of direct and indirect speech Direct speech is a sentence uttered by a speaker directly in writing accompanied by aphostrof marks at the beginning and at the end of his sentence as text dialogue or conversation. Differences and example Direct speech is a sentence that shows directly from a person's speech. The sentence was given a punctuation mark ( ") the sentence is not changed or added. Example: - E rfin said, "I am so happy". - T hey said, "we have watched the football game". Indirect speech is a sentence which retells utterances someone to be delivered back. Example: - E rfin said that he was so happy -T hey said that they had watched a football game. Note: If the verb in the main clause form is present and the present perfect or the existence of a common statement on the parent sentence, then there is no change in