DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH

He said, “I’m very busy today.” He said ___

• he had been very busy that day

• he is very busy today

• he was very busy that day

• I’m very busy today

Mother: “We are going to have supper”. Mother says

___ .

• they are going to have supper

• they were going to have supper

• that they would have supper

• they won’t have supper

Jack said: “I was at home yesterday.” Jack said ___ .

• he was at home.

• he will be at home.

• he had been at home a week ago.

• he had been at home the day before

Teacher: “Tom, read the story, please”. Teacher asked

Tom ___ .

• to read the story

• read the story

• that he reads it

• whether he reads the story

He said, “I met him in 1950”. He said ___.

• he had been met by him in 1950

• he used to meet him in 1950

• he had met him in 1950

• he was meeting him in 1950

He says “What do the pupils study?” He asks ___ .

• what do the pupils study

• what the pupils study.

• what the pupils studied

• what the pupils have studied study

He said to her, “Don’t enter the room”. He ordered

her ___ the room.

• not to enter

• to enter

• didn’t enter

• do not enter

“Whose birthday is it?” said Jane. Jane asked whose

birthday ___ .

• it is

• is it

• it was

• it had been

“Where do you live?” the boy asked. The boy wanted

to know where ___

• I lived

• did I live

• I live

• I had lived

“I spoke to Jane last week,” she said. She said ___

• she had spoken to Jane last week.

• she spoke to Jane a week before

• I had spoken to Jane a week before.

• she had spoken to Jane a week before.