It is asking you to change a sentence written using direct speech to one using indirect speech.
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Rewrite the sentence below using indirect speech.
Katie said, 'I walk my dog each morning.'
- Read the question carefully and read it again. What is it asking you to do?
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- First, add the word that to make the speech indirect, and remove the comma.
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Katie said that
- Katie is no longer speaking directly, so I becomes she.
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Katie said that she
- The verb in the speech changes to agree with the third person, not the first person, so walk becomes walks.
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Katie said that she walks ...
- Check that you have included a correct full stop.
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Katie said that she walks her dog each morning.
- Check your answer.