Direct vs. Reported Speech Quiz

Which sentence is in direct speech?

• She said that she was tired.

• He told me he had finished his homework.

• "I love reading books," Sarah said.

• My teacher said that we would have a test next week.

Choose the correct reported speech form of the sentence below: "She said, 'I am feeling sick.'"

• She said, "I was feeling sick."

• She said she is feeling sick.

• She said she was feeling sick.

• She said, "I feel sick."

Which of the following is an example of reported speech?

• "We are going to the park," said Tom.

• He asked, "Where is my book?"

• She said that she had already eaten.

• "Can you help me with this?" she asked.

How would you change this sentence into reported speech? "Mark said, 'I will call you later.'"

• Mark said, "I will call you later."

• Mark said that he will call me later.

• Mark said that he would call me later.

• Mark said he calls me later.

In reported speech, we usually change the present tense into the ___ tense.

• Past

• Future

• Present

• Continuous

Choose the correct direct speech form of this sentence: "She told me that she loved chocolate."

• "I love chocolate," she said.

• She said, "She loves chocolate."

• "I loved chocolate," she told me.

• She said, "I love chocolates."

Which of the following sentences is in direct speech?

• She said that she had never seen a lion before.

• "I have never seen a lion before," she said.

• She told me she never sees lions.

• She said she never saw a lion.

How would you change this into reported speech? "He said, 'I am going to the cinema tonight.'"

• He said that he is going to the cinema tonight.

• He said that he was going to the cinema that night.

• He said, "I was going to the cinema tonight."

• He said that he is going to the cinema that night.

Which sentence correctly changes this into direct speech? "She told me that she couldn't come to the party."

• "I cannot come to the party," she told me.

• "I couldn't come to the party," she said.

• "I can't come to the party," she said.

• "I won't come to the party," she told me.

How would you change this sentence into reported speech? "Tom said, 'I have finished my homework.'"

• Tom said that he finished his homework.

• Tom said that he had finished his homework.

• Tom said that he finishes his homework.

• Tom said, "I had finished my homework."