Reported Speech (Direct - Indirect) Class 10

Direct Speech is..

• the reporting of speech by using similar words to the speaker.

• the reporting of speech by rephrasing what the speaker said.

• the reporting of speech by repeating the exact words of the speaker.

• the reporting of speech at the exact time it was said.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Mr. Bheem asked the students ................... their test.

• Have they finished

• Have they finish

• If they have finished

• Whether they had finished

• Whether they have finished

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

John, " I am going to visit my grandma next week". It means

• John said that he was going to visit my grandma the following week

• John said that he is going to visit his grandma the following week

• John said that he will going to visit grandma next week

• John said that he was going to visit his grandma the following week

• John said that he will be going to visit his garndma the following week

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

John asked me, "What are you doing here?". It means ....

• John said what are you doing here

• John asked me what I am doing there?

• John asked me what I was doing there

• John asked me what I was doing here?

• John asked me what I was doing there?

He said, "I like this song."

• He said that I liked this song.

• He said that he likes this song.

• He said that he liked that song.

• He said that he likes that song.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Indirect speech is also known as

• Repeated speech

• Repeated statements

• Reported speech

• Reported statements

Kuldip said "I was writing a letter yesterday."

• Kuldip said that he had been writing a letter before that day.

• Kuldip said that he was writing a letter the day before.

• Kuldip said that he had written a letter before that day.

• Kuldip said that he wrote a letter the day before.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Janci said, "I will read this book next week."

• Janci said that she would read this book next week.

• Janci said that she would read that book the week after.

• Janci said that she will read this book next week.

• Janci said that she would read that book next week.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

Indirect speech is...

• expresses what was said without using the exact words.

• expresses what was said using the exact words.

• where someone else expresses what was said.

• where someone expresses their own words.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C