direct indirect speech examination

Convert the following sentence into indirect speech: The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?"

• "Where do you live?", the policeman asked the boy.

• The policeman asked the boy where he lives.

• When speaking to the boy, the policeman asked where do you live?

• The policeman wanted to know where the boy lives.

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CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Convert the followiing statement into direct speech: She asked the teacher when they could eat their snacks.

• The teacher was asked when the girl could eat her snacks.

• When can we eat our snacks?

• "When can we eat our snacks? She asked"

• She asked the teacher, "When can we eat our snacks?"

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CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?

• Max shouted, "I'll eat you up!"

• "Max shouted I'll eat you up!"

• Max shouted I'll eat you up.

• "Max shouted" I'll eat you up.

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CCSS.W.5.3B

Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?

• “Do you want any sweets?” my dad asked. “I’m just about to go to the shop.”
• “Do you want any sweets? my dad asked”. I’m just about to “go to the shop.”
• Do you want any sweets? “my dad asked”. “I’m just about to go to the shop.”
• “Do you want any sweets?” “my dad asked.” I’m just about to go to the shop.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

John asked Mary, "Why do you get angry with me?"

• John asked Mary why she got angry with him.

• John asked Mary why she gets angry with him.

• John asked Mary why she had gotten angry with him.

• John asked Mary why she is angry with him.

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CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us?"

• We asks them whether they will go to the movie with us.

• We asks them whether they would go to the movie with us.

• We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us.

• We asked them whether they will go to the movie with us.

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CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Mother asked Ben, "Are you going to marry her?"

• Mother asked Ben if he was going to marry her.

• Mother asked Ben if he is going to marry her.

• Mother asks Ben if he is going to marry her.

• Mother asks Ben if he was going to marry her.

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CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

8.What's wrong with this sentence? I said to him, “Why are you working so hard”?

• "Why" should be lowercased

• There should not be a comma before the spoken words begin.

• There should be a full-stop after "hard".

• The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks.

My brother says “I met Tom at the party last night”

• My brother says that he had met Tom at the party last night.

• My brother said that he had met Tom at the party last night.

• My brother says that he met Tom at the party last night.

• My brother says that he meets Tom at the party last night”

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CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Mary told John “my father warned me last night”

• Mary told John that her warned her last night.

• Mary told John that her father had warned her last night.

• Mary told John that his father had warned me last night.

• Mary told John that her father warns her last night.

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CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C