Direct and Reported Speech Quiz

This is a kind of speech that repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. We place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words.

• Reported Speech

• Direct Speech

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

This is a kind of speech that is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words.

• Active Voice

• Passive Voice

• Direct Speech

• Indirect Speech

This is also called as Indirect Speech.

• Declared

• Disclosed

• Reported

• Recited

Identify the statement below.

She said, "I saw him."

• Direct Speech

• Reported Speech

Identify the statement below.

She said that she had seen him.

• Direct Speech

• Indirect Speech

Fill in the correct reporting verb in the statement.

Anna (a)   , “I am happy.”

Fill in the correct reporting verb in the statement below.

My friend (a)   , "Where are you going?"

Choose the correct Reported Speech from the statement below.

Malik said, “I don’t want to eat.”

• Malik said that he didn’t want to eat.

• Malik said he don't want to eat.

• Malik said he didn’t want to eat.

• Malik said that he don't want to eat.

Choose the correct Reported Speech from the statement below.

Jane said, “I want to go out today.”

• Jane said that she want to go out that day.

• Jane said that she wanted to go out that day.

• Jane said she wanted to go out that day.

• Jane said that she went out that day.

Convert this direct speech into reported speech.

She said, “I am staying in the city.”