WorksheetsDirect and Reported Speech
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 27mins
Indirect speech is also known as what?
Repeated speech
Repeated statements
Reported speech
Reported statements
Speech marks are needed for what?
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
Speech marks are also known as what?
Inverted commas
Quotation marks
Both of the above
Jocelyn said, "I will read this book next week." Change to reported speech.
Jocelyn said that she would read this book next week.
Jocelyn said that she would read that book the week after.
Jocelyn said that she will read this book next week.
Jocelyn said that she would read that book next week.
What kind of sppech is the following sentence?
Rey writes, “To see is to believe.”
Direct Speech
Reported Speech
Change to reported speech:
We asked them, "Will you go to the movie with us?"
We asks them whether they will go to the movie with us.
We asks them whether they would go to the movie with us.
We asked them whether they would go to the movie with us.
We asked them whether they will go to the movie with us.
Change to indirect (reported) speech:
'The guided tour to the king's apartments is about to start,' said the tour guide.
The tour guide announced that the guided tour to the King's apartments was about to start.
The tour guide announced that the guided tour to the King's apartments is about to start.
He said, "I like this song."
He said that I liked this song.
He said that he likes this song.
He said that he liked that song.
He said that he likes that song.
What kind of speech is the following sentence:
Bonnie said that she is one in a million.
Direct Speech
Reported Speech
Direct speech has _____________
no speech marks
speech marks
no punctuation marks
capital letters
Identify which is direct speech.
They said they didn't want to play football.
Gemma said, "I don't like this song."
Ali said that it was impossible to play tennis in the rain.
William and Henry said that no one could find them.
Identify which is Reported speech.
Sana said, "I love buying new clothes."
Amy said that she had come from Australia.
Martin said, "I have a meeting this evening."
Aisha cried, "We are late!"
Which is indirect speech?
Farah said, "I am going to the party."
"I prefer coffee," Tony said.
Alex said that his mother came from Dubai the previous day.
Emily said, "I feel I have fever."
Complete the sentence in reported speech.
Noora said
"These shoes don't fit me."
"These shoes are mine."
"These shoes are not mine."
that those shoes did not fit her.
Select all the options that apply
When changing from direct to reported speech, we
change the tense of the verb
change words like pronouns
remove speech marks
do not use any punctuation
