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Direct and indirect speech

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Christine said, "I am going to school."

a)

Christine said that she was going to school.

b)

Christine said that she will be going to school.

c)

Christine said that she were going to school.

d)

Christine said that she was not going to school.

2.

Courtney said, "I'm going to the mall."

a)

Courtney says she is going to the mall.

b)

Courtney says she will be going to the mall.

c)

Courtney said that she will go to the mall.

d)

Courtney said that she was going to the mall.

3.

"I am a nurse," she said.

a)

She said that she is a nurse.

b)

She said that she were a nurse.

c)

She says that she was a nurse.

d)

She said that she was a nurse.

4.

Anne said, "I can speak French."

a)

Anne asked if I could speak French.

b)

Anne said she can speak French.

c)

Anne says she can speak French.

d)

Anne said that she could speak French.

5.

"I shall be at Paris tomorrow," he said.

a)

He says that he shall be at Paris tomorrow.

b)

He says that he should be in Paris tomorrow.

c)

He said that he will be in Paris tomorrow.

d)

He said that he should be in Paris tomorrow.

6.

My father said to me, "You must work hard".

a)

My father said to me that I must work hard.

b)

My father said to me that you must work hard.

c)

My father said to me that you have to work hard.

d)

My father said to me that I had to work hard.

7.

She said, "My parents are going to Karachi".

a)

She said that my parents going to Karachi.

b)

She said that my parents gone to Karachi.

c)

She said that her parents were going to Karachi.

d)

She said that her parents are going to Karachi.

8.

He said, "I like this song."

a)

He said that I liked this song.

b)

He said that he likes this song.

c)

He said that he liked that song.

d)

He said that he likes that song.

9.

Khurt: "I was writing a letter yesterday."

a)

Khurt said that he had been writing a letter before that day.

b)

Khurt said that he was writing a letter the day before.

c)

Khurt said that he had written a letter before that day.

d)

Khurt said that he wrote a letter the day before.

10.

Khurt: "I was writing a letter yesterday."

a)

Khurt said that he had been writing a letter before that day.

b)

Khurt said that he was writing a letter the day before.

c)

Khurt said that he had written a letter before that day.

d)

Khurt said that he wrote a letter the day before.

11.

"Don't try this at home," the stuntman told the audience.

a)

The stuntman told the audience not to try that at home.

b)

The stuntman told the audience not to try this at home.

c)

The stuntman told the audience to try that at home.

d)

The stuntman told the audience to try this at home.

12.

"Be nice to your brother," he said.

a)

He said me to be nice to my brother.

b)

He advised me to be nice to my brother.

c)

He told me that I have to be nice to my brother.

13.

Mary told John “my father warned me last night”

a)

Mary told John that her warned her last night.

b)

Mary told John that her father had warned her last night.

c)

Mary told John that his father had warned me last night.

d)

Mary told John that her father warns her last night.

14.

Demian said, “I am going out of town.”

a)

Demian said that I am going out of town.

b)

Demian said that he is going out of town.

c)

Demian said that he went out of town.

d)

Demian said that he was going out of town.