Direct vs Indirect Speech

Identify the direct speech:

Sarah : "I am going to the market."

• 'I am going to the market.'

• She said, 'I went to the market.'

• She said, 'I am going to the store.'

• She said, 'I will go to the market.'

Convert to indirect speech:

Hendra : "I will finish my homework."

• He said he had finished his homework.

• He said that he would finish his homework.

• He said that he is finishing his homework.

• He said that he will finish his homework.

Convert to indirect speech:

Sinta : "I love reading books."

• She said that she loves reading books.

• She says that she loved reading books.

• She said that she loved reading books.

• She said that she will love reading books.

Use appropriate pronouns:

Anton : "I will help you."

• He said he would help you.

• He said he helps you.

• He said I will help you.

• He said he will help you.

Identify the direct speech:

'Can you help me?' she asked.

• 'Can you help me?'

• 'Help me, can you?'

• 'Can you help me' she asked.

• She asked, 'Can you help me?'

Convert to indirect speech:

Rudy and Benny : "We are playing football."

• They said that they play football.

• They said, 'We were playing football.'

• They said that they were playing football.

• They said they are playing football.

Change the tense:

Bayu : "I am watching a movie.'

• He said that I had watched a movie.

• He said that he is going to watch a movie.

• He said that I will watch a movie.

• He said that he was watching a movie.

Use appropriate pronouns:

Susan : "I will call him later."

• She said she would call him later.

• She said she will call him later.

• She said she would call her later.

• She said I will call him later.

Identify the direct speech:

'What time is it?' he asked.

• He asked, 'What time is it?'

• 'What time is it?'

• 'What time is it' he asked.

• What time is it? he asked.

Convert to indirect speech:

Hanna : "I have completed my project."

• She said, 'I completed my project.'

• She said that she has completed her project.

• She said that she had completed her project.

• She said that she completed her project.