Direct and Reported Speech (2)

Choose the correct direct speech form of the given indirect speech.

She told her mother that she was going to Malabon City Hall.

• She said, “I am going to Malabon City Hall.”

• She said, “She is going to Malabon City Hall.”

Choose the correct direct speech form of the given indirect speech.

His cousins told me that they would go home the following Sunday.

• His cousins said, “They will go home next Sunday."

• His cousins said, “We will go home next Sunday.”

Choose the correct direct speech form of the given indirect speech.

He asked me if I had brought the pens.

• He asked, “Did you bring your pens?”

• He asked, “Have you brought your pens?”

Choose the correct direct speech form of the given indirect speech.

Moira admitted that she would rather stay at home.

• Moira said, “I would rather stay at home.”

• Moira said, “She will rather stay at home.”

Choose the correct direct speech form of the given indirect speech.

He claimed that someone had screamed in the hallway.

• He claimed that, “Someone had screamed in the hallway.”

• He claimed, “Someone screamed in the hallway.”

a smiling face if the statement is correct

a sad face if it is incorrect

The quotation marks must be omitted in indirect speech.

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a smiling face if the statement is correct

a sad face if it is incorrect

The past tense must be changed into past perfect tense in indirect speech.

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a smiling face if the statement is correct

a sad face if it is incorrect

In changing indirect to direct speech, you will not remove the conjunction ‘that’.

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a smiling face if the statement is correct

a sad face if it is incorrect

When the verb inside the quotation marks expresses universal truth, we normally change it into past tense.

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a smiling face if the statement is correct

a sad face if it is incorrect

We also need to change the pronouns when converting direct speech into indirect speech.

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