This engaging Year 4 Punctuating Direct Speech Prior Learning worksheet covers learning from the previous year group on recognising direct and indirect speech. It's a fantastic resource to use to assess children's understanding of recognising direct and indirect speech before they move on to the main lesson on punctuating direct speech.

With three varied fluency, one application and two reasoning questions, children are asked to identify direct and indirect speech in sentences. Use this resource as a way to assess children's prior knowledge before moving on or alternatively, this could be used for those children who are less confident with recognising direct and indirect speech.