Direct and Indirect Speech

She said, "He will come tomorrow".

She said that he ________ the next day.

• is coming

• will come

• would come

Austin says, "I see the clouds.".

Austin says that he ________ the clouds.

• had seen

• sees

• saw

• see

Jeff said, "My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow".

Jeff said that his mother ________ the bus to work __________.

• was taking; the next day

• was taking; tomorrow

• had been taking; the next day

"I have been there" explained Rayna.

Rayna explained that she ________ there.

• has been

• was

• had been

Sabrina says, "I am happy".

Sabrina says that she ________ happy.

• is

• was

• had been

Matthew said, "I have seen this movie".

Matthew said that he ________ movie.

• has seen that

• saw this

• had seen that

Bryan said, "I bought a car last week."

Bryan said that he had bought a car _____________.

• a week ago

• last week

• the week before

Zoe says, “I went home.”

Indirect speech: ___________________

• Zoe says that she went home.

• Zoe says that she had gone home.

• Zoe says that she goes home.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1C

Which is correct?

• He said, “Could you please repeat the question?”

• He said, "could you please repeat the question?”

• He said, “Could you please repeat the question"?

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

What's wrong with this sentence?

I said to him, “Why are you working so hard”?

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

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

• The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks.