Direct and Indirect Speech Quiz

Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech: "She said, 'I am going to the market.'"

• She said that she is going to the market.

• She said that she was going to the market.

• She said that she will go to the market.

• She said that she goes to the market.

Change the verb tense in the following sentence: "He says, 'I will finish my homework.'"

• He said that he will finish his homework.

• He said that he finished his homework.

• He said that he would finish his homework.

• He says that he would finish his homework.

Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech: "They exclaimed, 'What a beautiful day!'"

• They exclaimed that it was a beautiful day.

• They exclaimed that it is a beautiful day.

• They exclaimed that it would be a beautiful day.

• They exclaimed that it had been a beautiful day.

Change the verb tense in the following sentence: "She said, 'I am reading a book.'"

• She said that she was reading a book.

• She said that she is reading a book.

• She said that she reads a book.

• She said that she had read a book.

Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech: "John said, 'I can swim very well.'"

• John said that he could swim very well.

• John said that he can swim very well.

• John said that he was able to swim very well.

• John said that he will swim very well.

Change the verb tense in the following sentence: "They say, 'We are going to the party.'"

• They said that they were going to the party.

• They said that they are going to the party.

• They said that they will go to the party.

• They say that they are going to the party.

Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech: "The teacher said, 'You must complete your assignments.'"

• The teacher said that we must complete our assignments.

• The teacher said that we had to complete our assignments.

• The teacher said that we should complete our assignments.

• The teacher said that we will complete our assignments.

Change the verb tense in the following sentence: "He said, 'I have finished my project.'"

• He said that he had finished his project.

• He said that he finished his project.

• He said that he has finished his project.

• He said that he will finish his project.

Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech: "She said, 'I will call you tomorrow.'"

• She said that she would call me tomorrow.

• She said that she will call me tomorrow.

• She said that she would call me the next day.

• She said that she calls me tomorrow.

Change the verb tense in the following sentence: "They say, 'We are happy.'"

• They said that they were happy.

• They said that they are happy.

• They said that they will be happy.

• They say that they were happy.