Direct and Indirect Speech

Spoken words start with ____________.

• open inverted comma

• closed inverted comma

• colon

• comma

Which of the following is true for reported speech?

• Saying the exact words what someone said.

• Making the changes and then reporting what someone says.

• Reporting what someone said with own inputs.

• None of these.

A sentence in a direct speech has ____________ parts.

• three

• four

• two

• five

A ____________, in a direct speech can be before, after or in the middle of what the speaker says.

• question mark

• inverted comma

• tag

• none of these

Which of the following is a special feature of an indirect speech?

• It always denotes the exact words of the speaker.

• It always ends with an exclamation mark.

• It always has inverted commas in it.

• It always ends with a full stop.

Which of the following is the correct difference between direct and indirect speech?

• Direct speech is the exact words of the speaker and indirect speech is the interpretation of someone else.

• Direct speech has inverted commas and indirect speech has semi colon.

• None of these.

• Direct speech can have any tense and indirect speech is usually in past tense.

When the reporting verb is in future tense, all verbs inside the inverted commas ____________.

• are in past tense

• retain their tense

• are in present tense

• are in future tense

Example: Rita said, “Your painting is really nice.”

Which of the following is a correct reported speech?

• Rita said that his painting was really nice.

• Rita said that your painting is really nice.

• Rita said that my painting is really nice.

• None of these.

While converting from direct to indirect, the pronoun ‘I’ changes to ____________.

• me

• his or her

• he or she

• him or her

Example: The store manager said, “These are ancient paintings.”

Which of the following is a correct reported version?

• The store manager said that these are ancient paintings.

• The store manager said that those were ancient paintings.

• The store manager said that these paintings are ancient.

• None of these.