Intervention: Direct and Indirect Speech

1. It is when the main idea of what someone had said is reported.

• a. Direct Speech
• b. Indirect Speech
• c.. Persuasive Speech
• d. Informative Speech

2. It is when the actual words of the speaker are reproduced.

• a. Direct Speech
• b. Indirect Speech
• c. Persuasive Speech
• d. Informative Speech

3. What kind of verb is in the introductory part of a speech?

• a. Introductory Verb
• b. Quoted Verb
• c. Helping Verb
• d. Auxiliary Verb

4. What kind of verb is in the quoted part of a speech?

• a. Introductory Verb
• b. Quoted Verb
• c. Helping Verb
• d. Auxiliary Verb

5. Where is the introductory verb in the following statement: Gen. MacArthur said, “I shall return.”

• a. shall
• b. Gen.
• c. return
• d. said

6. Where is the quoted verb in the following statement: The doctor says, “She needs to take the medicine.”

• a. says
• b. needs
• c. take
• d. to

7. Transform the following statement into indirect speech: Michael said, “I learned how to play the piano yesterday.”

• Michael said that he had learned how to play the piano yesterday.
• Michael says that he learned how to play the piano yesterday.
• Michael said that he learned how to play the piano yesterday.
• Michael says that he had learned how to play the piano yesterday.

8. Transform the following statement into indirect speech: The painters say, “We can paint a beautiful picture.”

• The painters say that they could paint a beautiful picture.
• The painters said that they could paint a beautiful picture.
• The painters say that they can paint a beautiful picture.
• The painters said that they can paint a beautiful picture.

9. Transform the following statement into indirect speech: “We have prepared the salad,” said the students.

• The students say that they had prepared the salad.
• The students said that they have prepared the salad.
• The students say that they had prepared the salad.
• The students said that they had prepared the salad.

10. Transform the following statement into indirect speech: The geography teacher said, “There are seven continents in the world.”

• The geography teacher says that there are seven continents in the world.
• The geography teacher said that there are seven continents in the world.
• The geography teacher says that there were seven continents in the world.
• The geography teacher said that there were seven continents in the world.