Mastering Direct and Indirect Speech

Identify the direct speech in the following sentence: She said, 'I will go to the market.'

• She said, 'I am at the market.'

• She said, 'I will go.'

• She said, 'Going to the market.'

• I will go to the market.

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

• He said that he is studying.

• He said that he was studying.

• He said that he was study.

• He said that he studies.

What is the reporting verb in this sentence: She exclaimed, 'What a beautiful day!'?

• declared

• reported

• exclaimed

• stated

Change the verb tense in this sentence: He said, 'I am happy.'

• He said, 'I am sad.'

• He says, 'I am happy.'

• He said, 'I was happy.'

• He said, 'I will be happy.'

Use quotation marks correctly in this sentence: He asked if I was coming to the party.

• 'He asked if I was coming to the party.'

• He asked, 'Are you going to the party?'

• "He asked, 'Are you coming to the party?'"

• He asked if I was 'coming to the party.'

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

• She asked, 'Can you help me?'

• 'Can you help me?'

• 'Can you help me?'

• 'Can you help me' she asked.

Convert to indirect speech: 'I will finish my homework later,' he said.

• He said that he would finish his homework now.

• He said that he would finish his homework later.

• He said that he finished his homework later.

• He said that he will finish his homework later.

What is the reporting verb in this sentence: John said, 'I love pizza.'?

• explained

• said

• told

• mentioned

Change the verb tense: She said, 'I was playing soccer.'

• She said that she had been playing soccer.

• She said that she had played soccer.

• She said that she plays soccer.

• She said that she was playing soccer.

Use quotation marks correctly: She told me that I should 'study harder'.

• She told me that I should study harder.

• She said that I should 'study harder'.

• She told me that I should 'study harder'!

• "She told me that I should 'study harder'."