Direct and Indirect Speech

Identify the direct speech in the following sentence: She said, 'I love to read books.'

• She said

• She loves to read books

• I love to read books

• 'I love to read books.'

Identify the indirect speech in the following sentence: He told me that he was going to the store.

• He tells me that he is going to the store.

• He tell me that he will go to the store.

• He telling me that he went to the store.

• He told me that he was going to the store.

Convert the following direct speech to indirect speech: She said, 'I am going to the park.'

• She said that she is going to the park.

• She said that she goes to the park.

• She said that she will go to the park.

• She said that she was going to the park.

Convert the following direct speech to indirect speech: He said, 'I will help you with your homework.'

• He said that he will help me with my homework.

• He said that he helps me with my homework.

• He said that he would helping me with my homework.

• He said that he would help me with my homework.

Identify the direct speech in the following sentence: 'I want to go to the beach,' she exclaimed.

• She exclaimed that she wanted to go to the beach.

• The beach is where I want to go, she exclaimed.

• She exclaimed, 'I am going to the beach.'

• I want to go to the beach,

Identify the indirect speech in the following sentence: The teacher explained that the test would be next week.

• The teacher will explain the test next week.

• The teacher explains the test next week.

• The teacher explained the test next week.

• The teacher explained that the test would be next week.

Convert the following direct speech to indirect speech: 'I have finished my homework,' she said.

• She said that she is finishing her homework.

• She said that she has not finished her homework.

• She said that she will finish her homework.

• She said that she had finished her homework.

Convert the following direct speech to indirect speech: 'I am going to the party,' he said.

• He said that he is going to the party.

• He said that he will go to the party.

• He said that he goes to the party.

• He said that he was going to the party.

Identify the direct speech in the following sentence: 'I cannot believe it!' she exclaimed.

• She shouted, 'I cannot believe it!'

• She exclaimed that she cannot believe it!

• I can't believe it, she said.

• I cannot believe it!

Identify the indirect speech in the following sentence: The doctor told me to take the medicine regularly.

• The doctor told me that I should skip the medicine regularly.

• The doctor told me, 'Take the medicine regularly.'

• The doctor told me, 'I will take the medicine regularly.'

• The doctor told me to take the medicine regularly.