Speech Skills Challenge

Convert the direct speech 'I am going to the park,' to indirect speech.

• He said that he was going to the park.

• He said that he will go to the park.

• He said that he is going to the park.

• He said that he goes to the park.

Punctuate the following direct speech: Mom said go to bed now

• Mom said, 'Go to bed now.'

• Mom said 'Go to bed now.'

• Mom said, 'Go to bed now'

• Mom said go to bed now

Change the pronoun in the indirect speech: She said, 'I will be there.'

• She said that she is there.

• She said that she would be there.

• She said that she will not be there.

• She said that she will be there.

Rewrite the direct speech 'We love playing soccer' as indirect speech.

• They love playing football

• We enjoy playing soccer

• They love playing soccer

• We love playing basketball

Add the correct punctuation to the direct speech: John exclaimed I won the race

• John exclaimed, 'I won the race.'

• John exclaimed I won the race.

• John exclaimed 'I won the race.'

• John exclaimed, I won the race.

In indirect speech, change the pronoun in the sentence: He said, 'I can do it.'

• He said, 'they can do it.'

• He said, 'he can do it.'

• He said, 'we can do it.'

• He said, 'she can do it.'

Transform the direct speech 'She is reading a book' into indirect speech.

• She has been reading a book

• She was reading a book

• She will be reading a book

• She had read a book

Correctly punctuate the direct speech: Sarah asked can you help me

• Sarah asked 'Can you help me?'

• Sarah asked, Can you help me?

• Sarah asked can you help me

• Sarah asked, 'Can you help me?'

• Sarah asked, 'Can you help me?'

Alter the pronoun in the indirect speech: They said, 'We are ready.'

• They said that we are ready.

• They said that they are ready.

• They said that we were ready.

• They said that they were ready.

Convert the direct speech 'I want to eat pizza' to indirect speech.

• He said that he wants to eat pizza.

• He said that he wanted eating pizza.

• He said that he wants eating pizza.

• He said that he wanted to eat pizza.