Term 4 Quiz 1

What is indirect speech?

• It tells us the idea of what someone said.

• It tells us what someone said.

• The exact words are not given.

• The exact words are given.

What is direct speech?

• It tells us the exact words someone said.

• The exact words are NOT given.

• It tells us the idea of what someone said.

• It is the speech bubbles in comics.

Which is an example of direct speech?

• "I am tired," said the girl.

• The girl said that she is tired.

• "I want to go home," cried the child.

• The child cried that he wanted to go home.

Which is an example of indirect speech?

• The girl said that she is hungry.

• "I am hungry," said the girl.

Where would we find speech bubbles?

• newspapers

• reports

• comics

• novels

Speech marks are used to show ...

• the idea of what someone said.

• exactly what is said.

• direct speech

• indirect speech

Which sentence is correct?

• "open your books" instructed the teacher.

• "Open your books" instructed the teacher.

• "Open your books," instructed the teacher.

• "Open your books instructed the teacher."

Which sentence is correct?

• "let's go to the beach said Sam."

• "Let's go to the beach," said Sam.

• "Let's go to the beach" said Sam.

• "let's go to the beach," said Sam.

Which sentence is correct?

• Direct speech must go at the beginning of the sentence.

• Direct speech must go at the end of the sentence.

• Direct speech can go at the beginning or end of the sentence and the punctuation doesn't change.

• Direct speech can go at the beginning or end of the sentence and the punctuation changes.

Direct speech needs to have a capital letter.

• yes

• no

• sometimes

• if it is a question