Direct and indirect speech XII

Mr. Brunner asked Percy, "Where do you come from?"

• Mr. Brunner asked Percy where he come from.

• Mr. Brunner asked Percy where he came from.

• Mr. Brunner asked Percy where he is came from.

Answer explanation

Percy insisted "I was not involving in any action at all.

• Percy insisted that he is not involving in any action at all.

• Percy insisted that he were not involving in any action at all.

• Percy insisted that he was not involving in any action at all.

Answer explanation

She says, "my mom is working in the office".

(a)  

He said, "I was doing it."

• He said that he had doing it.

• He said that he had been doing it.

• He said that he did it.

Answer explanation

Change into direct speech :

Celine said that she could go home the next day with her sister.

• Celine said, "I can go home tomorrow with my sister"

• Celine said, "I might go home tomorrow with my sister."

• Celine said, "I will go home tomorrow with my sister."

Answer explanation

Change into direct speech :

He said that he was starving

• He said "He is starving"

• He says "I am starving"

• He said "He had been starving"

Answer explanation

Rita said, 'I may go there."

• Rita said that she may go there.

• Rita says that she is going there.

• Rita said that she might go there.

Answer explanation

He said, "I have read this novel".

• He said that he had read that novel.

• He said that he read that novel.

• He said that he has read this novel.

Answer explanation

He said, "I am buying a new pen".

• He said that he bought a new pen.

• He said that he was buying a new pen.

• He said that he had been buying a new pen.

Answer explanation

"I can play with my friends in the ground," he said.

• He said I can play with my friends in the ground.

• He said that he would play with my friends in the ground.

• He said that he could play with his friends in the ground.

Answer explanation