Mastering Narrations

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

• 'I will go to the market.'

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

• She said, 'I went to the market.'

• She said, 'I will go to the store.'

Convert the direct speech to indirect: He said, 'I am studying for my exams.'

• He said he was studying for the test.

• He said, 'I am studying for my tests.'

• He said that he was studying for his exams.

• He said that he is studying for his exams.

Recognize the reported speech: She told me that she was going to the party.

• She told me, 'I am going to the party.'

• She mentioned, 'I will go to the party.'

• She said, 'I was going to the party.'

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

Use appropriate punctuation: He asked where she was going.

• He asked, where she was going?

• He asked where she was going?

• He asked where she was going.

• He asked where she was going!

Change the verb tense: 'I eat breakfast at 7 AM' to past tense.

• I ate breakfast at 7 AM.

• I am eating breakfast at 7 AM.

• I will eat breakfast at 7 AM.

• I had eaten breakfast at 7 AM.

Identify the direct speech: 'Can you help me?' she asked.

• 'Can you help me.'

• 'She asked if she could help me.'

• 'Can you help me?'

• 'Can you help me? she asked.'

Convert to indirect speech: 'I love reading books,' he said.

• He said that he loved reading books.

• He mentioned that he loves reading books.

• He said he loved to read books.

• He stated that he loves reading books.

Recognize the reported speech: They mentioned that they would arrive late.

• They said they would arrive late.

• They reported they would not arrive at all.

• They stated they might arrive on time.

• They claimed they would arrive early.

Use appropriate punctuation: 'What time is it?' he wondered.

• 'What time is it' he wondered.

• 'What time is it?' he wondered.

• What time is it? he wondered.

• 'What time is it?' he asked.

Change the verb tense: 'She plays soccer every Saturday' to future tense.

• She will play soccer every Saturday.

• She plays soccer next Saturday.

• She played soccer every Saturday.

• She is playing soccer every Saturday.