Direct and Indirect Speech Quiz

_____________ speech reports the exact words of the speaker.

• Direct

• Indirect

In Direct Speech, the words of the speaker are enclosed within ___________

• Double inverted commas

• Inverted commas

• Hyphens

• Brackets

In Direct speech, a ___________ separates the introductory part and the exact words of the speaker.

• Hyphen -

• Comma ,

In ____________ we report what the speaker said without quoting his/her exact words.

There are two ways of reporting the words of a speaker. The ways are ___________ and ____________ or reported speech.

• indirect speech

  direct

• 1st person

  2nd person

• direct speech

  indirect

Jai said, 'I like eating pizza.'

(What type of speech is used in the sentence?)

• Direct

• Indirect

(Convert the underwritten sentence into indirect speech.)

He said, 'I have been swimming since I was eight 11 years old.'

• He said, he has been swimming since he was 11 years old.

• He said that, he has been swimming since he was 11 years old.

• Ho told me that he was swimming from 11 years old.

• He said that he had been swimming since he was 11 years old.

(Convert the following sentence into direct speech.)

He said that he had bought a book for his mother.

• He said, " I bought a book for my mother'.

• He said, 'I bought a book for my mother.'

• He said, I bought a book for my mother.

Now, ago, today and tomorrow are a few examples of Adverbs of time of Indirect speech.

• True

• False

I said, 'Jayesh, you must be more serious.'

(This sentence is in direct speech. True or False?)

• True

• False