GOSSIP - Direct and indirect speech

Reported speech is about ...

• reporting television news.

• reporting second-hand information.

• Mr Porter's speech.

With direct speech you have...

• quotation marks.

• 'that'.

• a colon.

Which direct sentence is correct?

Alicia said that her boyfriend had cheated on her and that she had seen him kissing Tamara.

• Alicia said: 'My boyfriend cheated on me and I saw him kissing Tamara.

• Alicia said: 'Her boyfriend cheated on her and she saw him kissing Tamara.'

• Alicia said: 'My boyfriend had cheated on her and I saw him kissing Tamara.'

Direct to reported speech:

'This' turns to ...

• those.

• that.

• these.

• nothing. It stays the same.

Which reported speech sentences are an order?

• Sam told Ryan to shut up.

• Sam asked whether Ryan had shut up.

• Sam ordered Ryan: 'Shut up!'

• Sam ordered Ryan to shut up.

Do you have to use 'that' with all reported speech sentences?

• Yes.

• No.

• No, only with statements.

• No, only with requests.

From direct speech to indirect speech:

If the reporting verb is in a present tense, the verbs from the direct speech ...

• change into a future tense.

• have to be changed to a corresponding past tense.

• will stay the same.

If the reporting verb is in a past tense:

A verb in the past simple from the direct speech sentence turns into ...

• a verb in the present perfect.

• a verb in the past perfect.

• a verb in the past perfect continuous.

• past continuous.

Which sentence is correct?

Lydia said: 'Mr Darcy kissed Lizzie on the mouth this morning.'

• Mr Darcy said that Lizzie had kissed him on the mouth that morning.

• Lydia said that Mr Darcy kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning.

• Lydia said, that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning.

• Lydia said that Mr Darcy had kissed Lizzie on the mouth that morning.

Which sentence is wrong?

King Joffrey told Sansa Stark: 'Dance in front of my knights.'

• King Joffrey ordered Sansa Stark to dance in front of his knights.

• King Joffrey told Sansa Stark that she danced in front of his knights.

• King Joffrey told Sansa Stark to dance in front of his knights.

• King Joffrey commanded Sansa Stark to dance in front of his knights.