Direct and Indirect Speech 10 Questions

What is direct speech?

• Quoting exactly what someone said

• Approximating what someone said

• Writing down what someone said

• Speaking about what someone said

Choose the sentence that contains an example of direct speech:

• I finished my work, she told me.

• She told me that she had finished her work.

• She said if she had finished her work.

• I will finish my work, she promised.

Which tense is used in direct speech when the person is speaking in the present?

• Present tense

• Past tense

• Future tense

• Past perfect tense

What sentence demonstrates indirect speech?

• She said, 'I am going to the store.'
• He said, 'I don't like spinach.'
• They said that they were tired.
• I said, 'The movie starts at 7.'

Which verb is used to introduce direct speech?

• Said

• Answered

• Mentioned

• Spoke

What tense does 'will' change to in indirect speech?

• Would

• Could

• Should

• Might

What tense does 'can' change to in indirect speech?

• Could

• Would

• Should

• Might

What tense does 'may' change to in indirect speech?

• Might

• Could

• Should

• Would

Identify the sentence that represents direct speech:

• She said that she was going to the store.

• I am going to the store, she said.

• He wondered if she was going to the store.

• They asked why she was going to the store.

Which of the following sentences is an example of indirect speech?

• Can you help me with this? he asked.

• He asked if she could help him with that.

• Help me with this, he requested.

• He requested, "Can you help me with this?"