Direct & Indirect Speech

Multiple Choice

Which one is a direct speech?

• He advised his young brother to study hard.

• Ronal asked Aning what she was doing.

• He wanted to know how I had done that.

• He asked me if I was very busy.

• I said, “I will leave the country.”

Multiple Choice

Which one is an indirect speech?

• He said to his sister, “Don’t go there.”

• She says to her friend, “I have been waiting.”

• You said, “He is a teacher.”

• Desi ordered her friend to go away at once.

• “It is time to go away,” He said.

Multiple Choice

May: "I've just come back from my holiday in Bukit Tinggi."

May explained that __________ back from her holiday in Bukit Tinggi.

• she had had just come

• she have just come

• she had just come

• she has just come

• she had just came

Multiple Choice

Kay: "Did you enjoy it?"

Kay wondered if __________ it.

• I has enjoyed

• I had enjoyed

• I did enjoyed

• I have enjoyed

• I enjoyed

Multiple Choice

Sarah said she was not going to tolerate that anymore.

• "I am not going to tolerate that anymore," said Sarah.

• "I am not going to tolerate this anymore," said Sarah.

• "I was not going to tolerate that anymore," said Sarah.

• "She was not going to tolerate this anymore," said Sarah.

• "She is not going to tolerate this anymore," said Sarah.

Multiple Choice

Mr. Widi said that the Earth goes around the Sun.

• Mr. Widi said, "the Earth goes around the Sun."

• Mr. Widi said, "the Earth went around the Sun."

• Mr. Widi said, "the Earth had gone around the Sun."

• Mr. Widi said, "the Earth will go around the Sun."

• Mr. Widi said, "the Earth go around the Sun."

Multiple Choice

"Are you okay, Ivanne?" asked Abegail.

• Abegail asked if Ivanne is okay.

• Abegail asked Ivanne if she was okay.

• Abigail asked if Ivanne is not okay.

• Abegail asked Ivanne if she is okay.

• Abigail asked if Ivanne was not okay.

Multiple Choice

Wow dont you think its too much Katelyn asked

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• "Wow! Don't you think it's too much?" Katelyn asked.

• "Wow! Don't you think it's too much," Katelyn asked.

• "Wow! Don't you think it's too much!" Katelyn asked.

• "Wow, don't you think its too much?" Katelyn asked.

• "Wow! Don't you think its too much," Katelyn asked.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly?

• “Watch out for that puddle! Dad yelled."

• “Watch out for that puddle!” Dad yelled.
• Watch out for that puddle! “Dad yelled.”
• Watch out for “that puddle!” Dad yelled.
• "Watch out for that puddle! Dad yelled.

Multiple Choice

"How old are you?" asked Hannah.

• A) Hannah asked me how old I am.

• B)Hannah asked me how she was.

• C) Hannah asked me how old I was.

• D) Hannah asked me how old you are

• E) Hannah asked me how old was she.

Multiple Choice

"What shall I do with these old clothes?" he said.

Mark asked me …

• A) what he would do with these old clothes

• B) what should he do with those old clothes

• C) what to do with these old clothes

• D) what he should do with those old clothes

• E) what he shall do with these old clothes