WorksheetsDirect and Indirect Dialogue
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is direct dialogue?
Direct dialogue is a form of speech where the exact words spoken by a person are quoted and enclosed within quotation marks.
Direct dialogue is a form of speech where the words spoken by a person are paraphrased.
Direct dialogue is a form of speech where the exact words spoken by a person are written in italics.
Direct dialogue is a form of speech where the words spoken by a person are summarized.
Which punctuation marks are used to enclose direct dialogue?
Quotation marks
Parentheses
Brackets
Apostrophes
What is indirect dialogue?
A way of reporting what someone else has said without using their exact words.
A way of reporting what someone else has said using their exact words.
A way of reporting what someone else has said without any changes.
A way of reporting what someone else has said by paraphrasing their words.
In indirect dialogue, do we use quotation marks to enclose the reported dialogue?
Yes.
No
Sometimes.
Only in formal writing.
Rewrite the following direct dialogue into indirect dialogue: 'I love to read books,' she said.
She said that she loves to read books.
She said that she loves reading books.
She said that she loved to read books.
She said that she loves to read.
Which of the following is an example of direct dialogue? a) He said that he was going to the store. b) 'I am going to the store,' he said. c) She told him to go to the store. d) None of the above.
b) 'I am going to the store,' he said.
d) None of the above.
c) She told him to go to the store.
a) He said that he was going to the store.
Which of the following is an example of indirect dialogue? a) 'I will be there,' she said. b) He said, 'I will be there.' c) She told him, 'I will be there.' d) None of the above.
a
b
d
c
Which of the following is correct when writing dialogue?
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos."
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos".
Jane said "I really want to eat Cheetos."
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos,"
When using Direct Dialogue put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.
commas
speaker tags
quotation marks
An indent
you, your
I, me, my, mine, we, us
Before you leave you need to clean your room!
True or False?
Which of the following is an example of direct dialogue?
a) 'I will be there,' she said. b) He said that he would be there. c) She told him that she would be there. d) None of the above.
a
b
c
d
Which point of view do you see these signal words?
he, him, his, she, her, hers
First person
Second person
Third person
What is indirect dialogue?
Indirect speech is a form of speech where the exact words spoken by a person are quoted and enclosed within quotation marks.
Indirect speech is a form of speech where the words spoken by a person are paraphrased.
Indirect speech is a form of speech where the exact words spoken by a person are written in italics.
Indirect speech is a form of speech where the words spoken by a person are summarized.
Rewrite the following indirect dialogue into direct dialogue: She said that she was going to the library.
'I am going to the library,' she said.
'I was going to the library,' she said.
'She is going to the library,' she said.
'She was going to the library,' she said.
