Mastering Direct and Indirect Speech

Identify the direct speech in the following sentence: She said, 'I will go to the market.'

• She said, 'I went to the market.'

• 'I will go to the market.'

• She said, 'I am going to the market.'

• She said, 'I will go to the store.'

Convert the following direct speech to indirect speech: 'I am studying,' he said.

• He said that he was study.

• He said that he studies.

• He said that he is studying.

• He said that he was studying.

What is the reporting verb in this sentence: She exclaimed, 'What a beautiful day!'?

• noted

• exclaimed

• said

• remarked

Change the tense of this direct speech: 'I eat breakfast at 7 AM.'

• I am eating breakfast at 7 AM.

• I ate breakfast at 7 AM.

• I will eat breakfast at 7 AM.

• I had eaten breakfast at 7 AM.

Punctuate the following direct speech correctly: he said that he would come tomorrow

• He said, 'I will come today.'

• He said that he would come tomorrow.

• He said, 'I will come yesterday.'

• "He said, 'I will come tomorrow.'"

Identify the direct speech in this sentence: John asked, 'Are you coming to the party?'.

• 'Will you attend the gathering?'

• 'Are you going to the event?'

• 'Are you coming to the party?'

• John asked if you were coming to the party.

Convert this direct speech to indirect speech: 'I have finished my homework,' she said.

• She said that she finished her homework.

• She said that she will finish her homework.

• She said that she has finished her homework.

• She said that she had finished her homework.

What is the reporting verb in this sentence: 'Please help me,' he requested.

• requested

• commanded

• told

• asked

Change the tense of this direct speech: 'I will call you later.'

• I called you later.

• I have called you later.

• I will be calling you later.

• I call you later.

Punctuate the following direct speech correctly: she said I love reading books.

• she said: 'I love reading books.'

• she said, "I love reading books."

• she said, 'I love reading books.'

• she said I love reading books.