Reported Speech Quiz

Form a reported imperative: He said, 'Please close the door.'

• He demanded to close the door.

• He asked to close the door.

• He suggested to close the door.

• He ordered to close the door.

Form a reported imperative: She said, 'Don't be late.'

• She told me to be late.

• She told me to be on time.

• She told me not to be late.

• She told me to not be late.

Change the reported question: 'Are you coming with us?' - She asked me if...

• She asked me if I was coming with them.

• She asked me if I come with them.

• She asked me if I am coming with them.

• She asked me if I will come with them.

Change the reported question: 'Where is the nearest supermarket?' - He wanted to know...

• He wanted to know when the nearest supermarket was.

• He wanted to know who the nearest supermarket was.

• He wanted to know why the nearest supermarket was.

• He wanted to know where the nearest supermarket was.

Use 'told' in reported speech: She said, 'I will be there at 5.'

• She told me that she is there at 5.

• She told me that she will be here at 5.

• She told me that she would be there at 5.

• She told me that she will be there at 5.

Use 'told' in reported speech: They said, 'We are going to the park.'

• They told us that they will go to the park.

• They told us that they have gone to the park.

• They told us that they are going to the park.

• They told us that they were going to the park.

Convert direct speech to reported speech: 'I am happy,' she said.

• She said she is happy.

• She said she will be happy.

• She said she was happy.

• She said she has been happy.

Convert direct speech to reported speech: 'We will help you,' they promised.

• They promised to help someone else.

• They promised to help us.

• They promised to not help us.

• They promised to help themselves.

Recognize punctuation changes in reported speech: Direct speech: 'I love ice cream!' Reported speech:

• I hate ice cream.

• I am indifferent to ice cream.

• I love ice cream.

• I don't like ice cream.

Recognize punctuation changes in reported speech: Direct speech: 'Can you help me?' Reported speech:

• Can you help me

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• Can you help me?

• Can you help me