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Direct & Indirect Speech
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- 1.
What is direct speech?
(a) Telling someone what another person said in your own words(b) The exact words spoken by a person(c) A type of question(d) Writing in paragraphs
- 2.
Which sentence is in direct speech?
(a) Tom said that he was hungry.(b) Tom said, "I am hungry."(c) Tom was hungry, he said.(d) Tom is hungry.
- 3.
What punctuation marks do we put around the speaker's exact words?
Answer: ____________________________________
- 4.
What is indirect speech (reported speech)?
(a) The exact words of the speaker(b) Retelling what someone said in your own words(c) A question asked directly(d) Speaking loudly
- 5.
Which sentence is in indirect speech?
(a) She said, "I like ice cream."(b) "I like ice cream," she said.(c) She said that she liked ice cream.(d) "Do you like ice cream?" she asked.
- 6.
Add quotation marks to make this direct speech: Ali said I am going to school.
- 7.
In direct speech, where does the comma go?
(a) After the quotation marks(b) Before the reporting verb(c) After the reporting verb, before the opening quotation mark(d) At the end of the sentence
- 8.
Change to indirect speech: She said, "I am happy."
Answer: ____________________________________
- 9.
Change to direct speech: He said that he wanted to play.
Answer: ____________________________________
- 10.
In indirect speech, 'I' usually changes to:
(a) we(b) he or she(c) you(d) they
- 11.
In indirect speech, 'am/is' usually changes to:
(a) was(b) is(c) will be(d) are
- 12.
Change to indirect speech: Tom said, "I like football."
- 13.
Which reporting verb means to ask a question?
(a) said(b) told(c) asked(d) shouted
- 14.
Change to indirect speech: Mum said, "We are going to the market."
- 15.
Change to direct speech: She told me that she could not come.
Answer: ____________________________________
- 16.
In indirect speech, 'today' changes to:
(a) tomorrow(b) yesterday(c) that day(d) this day
- 17.
Change to indirect speech: "Can you help me?" she asked.
Answer: ____________________________________
- 18.
Which is the correct indirect form of: He said, "I will come tomorrow."?
(a) He said that he will come tomorrow.(b) He said that he would come the next day.(c) He said that I would come tomorrow.(d) He said that he will come the next day.
- 19.
Change to direct speech: The teacher told the class that they had done well.
- 20.
What is wrong with this sentence? She said, "I am tired. She wanted to rest."
(a) It mixes direct and indirect speech in the same sentence.(b) The quotation marks are wrong.(c) There is no reporting verb.(d) Nothing is wrong.
Answer key — P3 English: Direct & Indirect Speech
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- 1.(b) The exact words spoken by a person
- 2.(b) Tom said, "I am hungry."
- 3.quotation marks
- 4.(b) Retelling what someone said in your own words
- 5.(c) She said that she liked ice cream.
- 6.Ali said, "I am going to school."
- 7.(c) After the reporting verb, before the opening quotation mark
- 8.She said that she was happy.
- 9.He said, "I want to play."
- 10.(b) he or she
- 11.(a) was
- 12.Tom said that he liked football.
- 13.(c) asked
- 14.Mum said that they were going to the market.
- 15.She said, "I cannot come."
- 16.(c) that day
- 17.She asked if I could help her.
- 18.(b) He said that he would come the next day.
- 19.The teacher said, "You have done well."
- 20.(a) It mixes direct and indirect speech in the same sentence.
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