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Direct and reported speech

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

She said, "I'll go shopping."

a)

She said she will go shopping.

b)

She said she would go shopping.

c)

She said she should go shopping.

d)

She said I will go shopping.

2.

She said to me, "What is your name?"

a)

She asked me what my name was.

b)

She asked me what was my name.

c)

She said to me what was my name.

d)

She said to me what my name was.

3.

He said , "Get out of my house immediately."

a)

He told me to get out of my house immediately.

b)

He told me to get out of his house immediately.

c)

He told me that I get out of his house immediately.

d)

He said that I got out of his house immediately.

4.

"Do you want to buy anything?" She asked him.

a)

She asked him did he want to buy anything.

b)

She asked him if did he want to buy anything.

c)

She asked him that did he want to buy anything.

d)

She asked him if he wanted to buy anything.

5.

"I've broken your glass," Tim said to me.

a)

Tim told me that he had broken my glass.

b)

Tim said to me that he has broken my glass.

c)

Tim said to me that I have broken your glass.

d)

Tim told me that he has broken my glass.

6.

 

 

Wipa said to him, "I want you to return my book now."

a)

Wipa said to him that I wanted him to return my book now."

b)

Wipa said to him that she wants him to return her book then.

c)

Wipa told him that she wanted him to return her book now.

d)

Wipa told him that she wanted him to return her book then.

7.

"What are you doing?" the policeman said to me.

a)

The policeman asked if what I was doing.

b)

The policeman asked me what I was doing.

c)

The policeman asked what I was doing.

d)

The policeman said to me what I was doing.

8.

They said to me, "Do you like our house?"

a)

They said to me if I like their house.

b)

They asked me if I like our house.

c)

They said to me if I liked our house.

d)

They asked me if I liked their house.

9.

Dad said, "You should tidy up your rooms now."

a)

Dad said that they should tidy up their rooms then.

b)

Dad said that they should tidy up their rooms now.

c)

Dad said that they should tidy up your rooms then.

d)

Dad said they should tidy up their rooms then.

10.

The students said, "We are working hard for the International Festival."

a)

The students said that they are working hard for the International Festival.

b)

The students said that we were working hard for the International Festival.

c)

The students said that they were working hard for the International Festival.

d)

The students said they are working hard for the International Festival.

11.

Auggie said, "I study in Beecher Prep School."

a)

Auggie said that he studies in Beecher Prep School.

b)

Auggie said he studies in Beecher Prep School.

c)

Auggie said that I studied in Beecher Prep School.

d)

Auggie said that he studied in Beecher Prep School.

12.

Erica said, "My friends and I were playing in the park."

a)

Erica said that her friends and she had been playing in the park.

b)

Erica said her friends and she had been playing in the park.

c)

Erica said that her friends and she had played in the park.

d)

Erica said that she and her friends had been playing in the park.

13.

He asked me “Open your book!”

a)

He asked me to open my book.

b)

He asked me to open your book.

c)

He asked me opening my book.

d)

He asks me to open my book.

14.

The teacher said to the students “Be quiet while I am talking”

a)

The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she is talking.

b)

The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she told.

c)

The teacher said to the students to be quiet while I am talking.

d)

The teacher said to the students to be quiet while she talks.

15.

John asked Mary, "Why do you get angry with me?"

a)

John asked Mary why she got angry with him.

b)

John asked Mary why she had gotten angry with him.

c)

John asked Mary why she gets angry with him.

d)

John asked Mary why she is angry with him.

16.

How do we write the following in direct speech?

Kelly said I am feeling sick today.

a)

Kelly said "I am feeling sick today."

b)

Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today."

c)

Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today".

d)

Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today?

17.

What is missing in the sentence that follows?

James asked "Are you coming to my house today?"

a)

!

b)

,

c)

.

d)

?

18.

Which of the following sentences is correct?

a)

Mai said, "My family is going to the market today."

b)

"I told you not to go there." My father said.

c)

"We want candy!" The children shouted.

d)

Chloe asked! "where is my timetable?"

19.

 Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?

a)

“We’re going to the theme park!” the little boy exclaimed.

b)

We’re going to the theme park! “the little boy exclaimed.”

c)

We’re going to the “theme park!” the little boy exclaimed.

d)

“We’re going to the theme park! the little boy exclaimed.”

20.

Choose the correct option:

Lola: We want to see the Eiffel Tower.

a)

Lola said they wanted to see the Eiffel Tower.

b)

Lola said they will want to see the Eiffel Tower.

c)

Lola said they want to see the Eiffel Tower.

d)

Lola said she wants to see the Eiffel Tower.

21.

Choose the correct option:

Reporter: The police are questioning the suspect now.

a)

The reporter said that the police were questioning the suspect then.

b)

The reporter said  the police had questioned the suspect now.

c)

The reporter said  the police questions the suspect then.