Reported Speech Quiz

What is reported speech?

• Reported speech is when someone writes down what someone else has said, using their own words and often changing the tense and pronouns.

• Reported speech is when someone reports or repeats what someone else has said, using their own words and often changing the tense and pronouns.

• Reported speech is when someone repeats what someone else has said, using the exact same words and tense.

• Reported speech is when someone interprets what someone else has said, using their own words and often changing the tense and pronouns.

What is direct speech?

• Direct speech is a form of speech where the exact words spoken by a person are written in italics.

• Direct speech is a form of speech where the exact words spoken by a person are paraphrased.

• Direct speech is a form of speech where the exact words spoken by a person are quoted and enclosed within quotation marks.

• Direct speech is a form of speech where the exact words spoken by a person are summarized.

What is indirect speech?

• A way of reporting what someone else has said using their exact words.

• A way of reporting what someone else has written without using their exact words.

• A way of reporting what someone else has said without understanding their exact words.

• A way of reporting what someone else has said without using their exact words.

What are reporting verbs?

• Verbs used to report or describe what someone else has said or written.

• Verbs used to report or describe what someone else has spoken.

• Verbs used to report or describe what someone else has done.

• Verbs used to report or describe what someone else has written about.

Give an example of a reporting verb.

• asked

• said

• told

• mentioned

What is the tense change when converting from direct speech to indirect speech?

• Conditional tense

• Past tense

• Present tense

• Future tense

Change the following direct speech into indirect speech: 'I love ice cream.'

• She said that she loves ice cream.

• She said that she loved ice cream.

• She said that she loves ice cream.

• She said that she loves ice cream.

Change the following direct speech into indirect speech: 'She said, 'I will come tomorrow.''

• She said that she is coming tomorrow.

• She said that she comes tomorrow.

• She said that she will come tomorrow.

• She said that she would come tomorrow.

Change the following direct speech into indirect speech: 'He asked, 'Are you coming with us?''

• He asked if I am coming with them.

• He asked if I will come with them.

• He asked if I would come with them.

• He asked if I was coming with them.

Change the following direct speech into indirect speech: 'They said, 'We have finished our homework.''

• They said that they had finished their homework.

• They said that they will finish their homework.

• They said that they have finished their homework.

• They said that they finished their homework.