ESL - Indirect/Reported Speech

The video tutorial covers the concepts of direct and indirect speech, explaining how to report speech accurately. It details the changes in tense, pronouns, and time expressions when converting direct speech to indirect speech. The tutorial also covers how to report questions and imperatives, providing examples and practice exercises to reinforce learning.

What is the main difference between direct and indirect speech?

• Indirect speech uses speech marks, direct does not.

• Direct speech uses speech marks, indirect does not.

• Direct speech changes the tense, indirect does not.

• Indirect speech repeats the exact words, direct does not.

When converting 'I am late' from direct to indirect speech, what does it become?

• She is late

• She was late

• I am late

• I was late

How does the present simple tense change when converting to indirect speech?

• It changes to past continuous

• It remains the same

• It changes to past simple

• It changes to past perfect

What happens to the pronoun 'I' in indirect speech?

• It changes to 'we'

• It changes to 'they'

• It changes to 'he' or 'she'

• It remains 'I'

How does 'this month' change in indirect speech?

• That month

• Next month

• Previous month

• Last month

What is the correct indirect form of the question 'What time is it?'

• What time it was

• What time is it

• What time was it

• What time it is

In reported speech, how do you handle a question like 'Where are you from?' if the situation is unchanged?

• Change the tense to past

• Keep the tense the same

• Use future tense

• Use present perfect tense

How do you report the imperative 'Drink all your milk'?

• Mom asked to drink all your milk

• Mom said to drink all your milk

• Mom ordered to drink all my milk

• Mom told me drink all my milk

What is the indirect form of 'Don't be late'?

• Joe told me not to be late

• Joe said not to be late

• Joe asked me to be late

• Joe told me to be late

How do you report the question 'Will you marry me?'?

• He said marry me

• He told her to marry him

• He asked her marry me

• He asked her to marry him