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Language Arts (Direct and Indirect Speech)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

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1.

Indirect speech is also known as what?

a)

Repeated speech

b)

Repeated statements

c)

Reported speech

d)

Reported statements

2.

Speech marks are needed for what?

a)

Direct Speech

b)

Indirect Speech

3.

Convert the following sentence into indirect speech: The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?"

a)

"Where do you live?", the policeman asked the boy.

b)

The policeman asked the boy where he lives.

c)

When speaking to the boy, the policeman asked where do you live?

d)

The policeman wanted to know where the boy lives.

4.

Convert the followiing statement into direct speech: She asked the teacher when they could eat their snacks.

a)

The teacher was asked when the girl could eat her snacks.

b)

When can we eat our snacks?

c)

"When can we eat our snacks? She asked"

d)

She asked the teacher, "When can we eat our snacks?"

5.

Speech marks are also known as what?

a)

Inverted commas

b)

Quotation marks

c)

Both of the above

6.

Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?

a)

Max shouted, "I'll eat you up!"

b)

"Max shouted I'll eat you up!"

c)

Max shouted I'll eat you up.

d)

"Max shouted" I'll eat you up.

7.
Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?
a)
Have you seen my “dog?” she asked.
b)
“Have you seen my dog? she asked.”
c)
“Have you seen my dog?” she asked.
d)
Have you seen “my dog?” she asked
8.

DIRECT: "Must I do the shopping?" Matthew asked his mom.


INDIRECT: Matthew asked his mom if he ____________________ do the shopping.

a)

musted

b)

had to

c)

might

d)

should

9.

She said, "He will come tomorrow".

She told me that he ________ the next day.

a)

is coming

b)

will come

c)

would come

10.

Bryan said, "I bought a car last week."

He said that he had bought a car _____________.

a)

a week ago

b)

last week

c)

the week before

11.

What's missing from this sentence?

He said, “be quiet, please, and listen to my words.”

a)

An exclamation mark

b)

Quotation marks

c)

A capital letter

12.

What's wrong with this sentence?

I said to him, “Why are you working so hard”?

a)

There should be a full-stop after "hard".

b)

There should not be a comma before the spoken words begin.

c)

The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks.

13.

With direct speech you have...

a)

quotation marks.

b)

'that'.

c)

a colon.

14.

Do you have to use 'that' with all reported speech sentences?

a)

Yes.

b)

No.

c)

No, only with statements.

d)

No, only with requests.

15.

Mariam said her father is a dentist.

a)

Mariam said, "Her father is a dentist".

b)

Mariam said "My father is a dentist".

c)

Mariam says "Her father is a dentist."

d)

Mariam said, "My father is a dentist."