Mastering Direct and Indirect Speech

Identify the direct speech: She said, 'I am happy.'

• 'I am happy'

• She said, 'I am sad.'

• She said, 'I was happy.'

• She said, 'I am not happy.'

Convert to indirect speech: He said, 'I will go to the store.'

• He said that he would go to the store.

• He said he would go to the shop.

• He said that he will go to the store.

• He said that he is going to the store.

Change the tense: She said, 'I play soccer.'

• She said that she will play soccer.

• She said that she played soccer.

• She said that she is playing soccer.

• She says that she plays soccer.

Punctuate correctly: he said i am tired

• He said I am tired.

• he said, 'I am tired.'

• He said, 'I am tired.'

• He said, 'I am tired'

Identify the direct speech: 'Can you help me?' she asked.

• 'Can you help me' she asked.

• 'Help me, can you?'

• She asked, 'Can you help me?'

• 'Can you help me?'

Convert to indirect speech: They said, 'We are leaving now.'

• They said they were leaving now.

• They said that they are leaving now.

• They said that they were leaving then.

• They said that they will leave now.

Change the tense: He said, 'I eat breakfast at 8 AM.'

• He said, 'I had eaten breakfast at 8 AM.'

• He says, 'I eat breakfast at 8 AM.'

• He said, 'I ate breakfast at 8 AM.'

• He said, 'I will eat breakfast at 8 AM.'

Punctuate correctly: she exclaimed what a beautiful day

• She exclaimed what a beautiful day!

• She exclaimed, what a beautiful day!

• She said, what a beautiful day!

• What a beautiful day she exclaimed!

Identify the direct speech: 'I love reading,' he said.

• I enjoy reading, he said.

• I love reading

• He said he loves reading.

• Reading is what I love, he mentioned.

Convert to indirect speech: She said, 'I have finished my homework.'

• She said she finished her homework.

• She said that she will finish her homework.

• She said that she had finished her homework.

• She said that she has finished her homework.