Direct and Indirect Speech Activity

Which of these sentences is correct?

• Jamal said, “We passed by a beautiful lake in Goa".

• Jamal said, “We passed by a beautiful lake in Goa.”

• Jamal said, We passed by a beautiful lake in Goa.

• Jamal said, “we passed by a beautiful lake in Goa.”

What is missing in the sentence that follows?

James asked "Are you coming to my house today?"

• ?

• !

• ,

• .

Which of the following sentences is correct?

• Mai said, "My family is going to the market today."

• "I told you not to go there." My father said.

• "We want candy!" The children shouted.

• Chloe asked, "where is my timetable?"

Which of these is correct?

• "Could you help me carry these bags?" He asked.

• "Could you help me carry these bags?" he asked.

• "Could you help me carry these bags" he asked?

• "Could you help me carry these bags," he asked?

What's missing from this sentence?

 He said, “be quiet, please, and listen to my words.”

• Quotation marks

• A capital letter

• An exclamation mark

• A question mark

Which one is correct?

• He said, “Could you please repeat the question"?

• He said, Could you please repeat the question?”

• He said, "could you please repeat the question?”

• He said, “Could you please repeat the question?”

What's wrong with this sentence?

 I said to him, “Why are you working so hard”?

• "Why" should be lowercased

• There should be a full-stop after "hard".

• There should not be a comma before the spoken words begin.

• The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks.

What needs to be corrected in this sentence?

Kiran asked, "did you see the match on television last night"

• add a question mark at the end.

• capitalize did and add a question mark after night.

• capitalize did and add an exclamation mark at the end.

• capitalize "did" and add a question mark at the end.

Change this sentence to Indirect speech.

John said, “ I want to see a film”.

• "John said that he wants to see a film.

• John said that he wanted to see a film.

• John said, that he wanted to see a film

• John said that he had wanted to see a film.

What needs to be corrected in this sentence?

He said, "He likes to play football".

• change period to question mark

• Full stop must come first before the closing speech mark.

• He should be in small letter

• remove the comma after "said"