Direct and Indirect Speech Quiz

What is the main difference between direct and indirect speech?

• Indirect speech uses quotation marks, direct does not.

• Direct speech uses quotation marks, indirect does not.

• Indirect speech always uses exclamation marks.

• Direct speech changes the tense of the verb, indirect does not.

Which punctuation is used to separate the reported speech from the reporting verb in direct speech?

• A period

• A colon

• A semicolon

• A comma

Which of the following is a characteristic of direct speech?

• Changing the tense of the reporting verb.

• Use of conjunctions like 'that' or 'if'.

• No punctuation at the end of the sentence.

• Quotation marks around the spoken words.

In indirect speech, which of the following is NOT used?

• Conjunctions

• Commas

• Quotation marks

• Full stops

In indirect speech, how is a question mark in direct speech typically replaced?

• With a full stop

• With a comma

• With an exclamation mark

• With a semicolon

When converting direct speech to indirect speech, what happens to the tense of the reporting verb?

• It remains unchanged.

• It always changes to past tense.

• It changes to future tense.

• It changes to present tense.

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

• It becomes past perfect.

• It remains simple present.

• It becomes simple past.

• It becomes present continuous.

Which of the following is a rule for changing direct speech into indirect speech?

• Always use quotation marks.

• Always use exclamation marks.

• Change the tense of the reporting verb.

• Use conjunctions like 'that' or 'if'.

What does the word 'today' change to in indirect speech?

• Yesterday

• Tomorrow

• The previous day

• That day

What happens to the word 'here' when converting from direct to indirect speech?

• It changes to 'where'.

• It changes to 'there'.

• It changes to 'near'.

• It remains 'here'.