Direct and Indirect Speech

Indirect Speech is also known as ?

• Repeated Speech

• Reported Speech

• Reported Statements

Spoken words start with _____ ?

• Speech Marks

• Colon

• Comma

Identify the correct direct speech.

• Manav said that he is going to cook dinner.

• Manav said, "I am going to cook dinner."

• manav said "i am cooking dinner".

Answer explanation

The punctuations - Capital Letters and Commas are an important part of direct and indirect speech.

Vanshika said that she could do that sum easily. - identify the speech.

• Direct speech

• Indirect speech

What's wrong with this sentence?

She asked, "Did Ananya's team win the football match"?

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

• The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks.

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

Answer explanation

The close inverted commas should be added after the punctuation when a sentence ends.

In Indirect speech 'here' changes to

• there

• where

• though

• it does not change

Dev said, "I will clean my house tomorrow."

Dev said that he _________ his house the next day.

• is cleaning

• will clean

• would clean

Which is correct?

• She said, "Sir, can you please repeat the question ?"

• she said, Sir, "can you repeat the question."

• She said, "sir, can you please repeat the question?"

In Direct Speech, what does 'the previous night' change to?

• tonight

• last night

• previous night

• yesterday's night

While converting from direct to indirect, the pronoun 'I' changes to ___?

• me

• he or she

• his or her