Direct and Reported Speech

She said, "He will come tomorrow".

She told me that he ________ the next day.

• is coming

• will come

• would come

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'would come' because when reporting a statement in the past, the reporting verb changes to past tense, and 'would come' is the past form of 'will come'.

Austin says, "I see the clouds.".

He tells me that he ________ the clouds.

• had seen

• sees

• saw

• see

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'sees' because Austin says 'I see the clouds' in the present tense, so the verb should also be in the present tense, which is 'sees'.

Rhea says, "I am happy".

She tells me that she ________ happy.

• is

• was

• had been

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'is' because Rhea is currently happy, so the present tense 'is' should be used to maintain the same tense in reported speech.

Tom said, "I bought a car last week."

He said that he had bought a car _____________.

• a week ago

• last week

• the week before

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'the week before' because Tom said he bought the car last week, indicating that the purchase occurred the week before the current one.

Kevin asked, "Who went here to open the gate?"

• Kevin asked who had opened the gate.

• Kevin asked who opened the gate.

• Kevin asked who went there to open the gate.

• Kevin asked who had gone there to open the gate.

Answer explanation

Kevin asked who had gone there to open the gate.

He asked me “Open your book!”

• He asked me to open my book.

• He asked me opening my book.

• He asked me to open your book.

• He asks me to open my book.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'He asked me to open my book.' as it accurately reflects the reported speech and the action requested by the speaker.

Sandra said that she could play guitar. Change this sentence to Direct speech.

• Sandra said, "She can play guitar."

• Sandra said, "I could play guitar."

• Sandra said, "I can play guitar."

• Sandra said, "She could play guitar."

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'Sandra said, "I can play guitar."' because the sentence should be changed to direct speech, maintaining the same subject pronoun 'I' as in the original statement.

Which is correct?

• He said, “Could you please repeat the question?”

• He said, "could you please repeat the question?”

• He said, “Could you please repeat the question"?

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'He said, “Could you please repeat the question?”' as it uses the correct punctuation and quotation marks.

Convert the following sentence into indirect speech: The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?"

• "Where do you live?", the policeman asked the boy.

• The policeman asked the boy where he lives.

• When speaking to the boy, the policeman asked where do you live?

• The policeman wanted to know where the boy lives.

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'The policeman asked the boy where he lives.' as it correctly converts the sentence into indirect speech.

Convert the followiing statement into direct speech: She asked the teacher when they could eat their snacks.

• The teacher was asked when the girl could eat her snacks.

• When can we eat our snacks?

• "When can we eat our snacks? She asked"

• She asked the teacher, "When can we eat our snacks?"

Answer explanation

The correct choice is: She asked the teacher, "When can we eat our snacks?"