DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

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Multiple Choice

Change this statement to indirect or reported speech using the "that clause."

He said, “I am working from home due to the community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic."

• He said that he is working from home due to the community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• He said that he was working from home due to the community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• He said that he were working from home due to the community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• He said that he will be working from home due to the community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Multiple Choice

Using rule number 2, change the following sentence to indirect speech: He said, “I am working from home due to the community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic."

• He said that he is working from home due to the community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• He said that he works from home due to the community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• He said that he was working from home due to the community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• He said that he worked from home due to the community quarantine brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Multiple Choice

Try to convert this to indirect speech:

He admitted “I am the one to be blamed for the spread of coronavirus in my family.”

• He admitted that you are the one to be blamed for the spread of coronavirus in my family.

• He admitted that he was the one to be blamed for the spread of coronavirus in my family.

• He admitted that I am the one to be blamed for the spread of coronavirus in my family.

• He admitted that she was the one to be blamed for the spread of coronavirus in my family.

Multiple Choice

Convert the following sentence to indirect speech:

Carlo said, “Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus."

• Carlo said, that Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

• Carlo said, that Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

• Carlo said, that Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

• Carlo said, that Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.

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SUM IT UP

What is the accountability and responsibility in reporting a direct speech? How should one report a direct speech? 

QUIZ

 Choose the correct way of changing the following direct speech to indirect or reported speech.

Multiple Choice

Anthony said, “I will stay at home so I can be protected from the threats brought by COVID-19.

• Anthony said that I will stay at home so I can be protected from the threats brought about by COVID-19.

• Anthony said that he would stay at home so I can be protected from the threats brought about by COVID-19.

• Anthony said that he would stay at home so he could be protected from the threats brought by COVID-19.

• Anthony said he wants to stay at home so he could be protected from the threats brought by COVID-19.

Multiple Choice

Shiela said, “An education that is delayed is a dream that is deferred as well.”

• Shiela told me that an education that is delayed is a dream that is deferred as well.

• Shiela told me that an education that was delayed was a dream that was deferred as well.

• Shiela told me that an education that is delayed was a dream deferred as well.

• Shiela told me that an education that was delayed is a dream deferred as well

Multiple Choice

The teacher said, “The pandemic has brought a lot of changes in our lives.”

• The teacher said that the pandemic has brought a lot of changes in our lives.

• The teacher said that the pandemic had brought a lot of changes in our lives.

• The teacher says that the pandemic had been brought a lot of changes in our lives.

• The teacher says that the pandemic have brought a lot of changes in our lives.

Multiple Choice

The adviser asked, “Did you join the virtual class in English yesterday?”

• The adviser asked me if I had joined the virtual class in English yesterday.

• The adviser asked me that I had joined the virtual class in English yesterday.

• The adviser asked me because I had joined the virtual class in English yesterday.

• The adviser asked me to whom I had joined the virtual class in English yesterday.

Multiple Choice

Mario asked, “What are your plans after the pandemic?”

• Mario asked me what my plans are after the pandemic.

• Mario asked me what my plans will be after the pandemic.

• Mario asked me if I have plans after the pandemic.

• Mario asked me what my plans were after the pandemic.