WorksheetsDirect and Indirect Speech Skills Assessment
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 26mins
Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech: She said, 'I am going to the park.'
She said that she was going to the park.
She said that she will go to the park.
She said that she goes to the park.
She said that she is going to the park.
Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence: He mentioned that he had finished his homework.
revealed
declared
stated
mentioned
Punctuate the following direct speech sentence correctly: 'Please close the door,' she said.
'Please close the door', she said
'Please close the door.' she said
'Please close the door,' she said.
'Please close the door', she said.
Change the pronoun in the reported speech: 'I will come tomorrow,' he said.
He said he would come yesterday.
He said he will come yesterday.
He said he would come tomorrow.
He said he will come tomorrow.
Which tense change occurs in the reported speech of the sentence: 'I am studying for my exam,' she said.
Past continuous tense to future continuous tense
Present simple tense to past simple tense
Present continuous tense to past continuous tense
Present perfect tense to past perfect tense
Convert the direct speech into indirect speech: 'I want to go to the beach,' he said.
He said that he is going to the beach.
He said that he likes to go to the beach.
He said that he will go to the beach.
He said that he wanted to go to the beach.
Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence: She explained that she had already seen the movie.
explained
stated
mentioned
described
Punctuate the following direct speech sentence correctly: 'Where are you going?' he asked.
'Where are you going?' he asked.
'Where are you going?' he asked
'Where are you going?' he asked!
'Where are you going?' he asked.
Change the pronoun in the reported speech: 'We are going to the zoo,' they said.
They is going to the zoo.
They are going to the zoo.
They are going to the park.
They are going to the beach.
Which tense change occurs in the reported speech of the sentence: 'I will call you later,' he promised.
Present tense
Future-in-the-past tense
Past tense
Future tense
Convert the direct speech into indirect speech: 'I have finished my project,' she said.
She said that she had finished her project.
She said that she will finish her project.
She said that she has finished her project.
She said that she finished her project.
Identify the reporting verb in the following sentence: They claimed that they had not received the email.
asserted
claimed
stated
confirmed
Punctuate the following direct speech sentence correctly: 'Can you help me with this?' she asked.
'Can you help me with this?' she asked.
'Can you help me with this?' she asked
'Can you help me with this?' she asked!
'Can you help me with this?' she asked.
Change the pronoun in the reported speech: 'I like ice cream,' she said.
'She likes ice cream,' I said.
'She likes ice cream,' she likes.
'She likes ice cream,' she said.
'She likes ice cream,' she said.
Which tense change occurs in the reported speech of the sentence: 'I have been waiting for hours,' he complained.
Present perfect continuous to past perfect continuous
Past perfect continuous to past continuous
Present continuous to past continuous
Past perfect continuous to present perfect continuous
My mom told me last night if I had had a spare time. It means .....
My mom asked me, "Do you have a spare time?"
My mom asked me, "Have you had a spare time?"
My mom asked me, "Did you have a spare time?"
My mom asked me, " Had you had a spare time?"
Example: Mita said, “I have finished painting.”
Which of the following is a correct reported version ____________.
Mita said that she had finished painting.
Mita said to me I have finished painting.
Mita had finished painting as to what she said.
None of these.
Example: The store manager said, “These are ancient paintings.”
Which of the following is a correct reported version?
The store manager said that these are ancient paintings.
The store manager said that those were ancient paintings.
The store manager said that these paintings are ancient.
None of these.
While converting from direct to indirect, the pronoun ‘I’ changes to ____________.
me
his or her
he or she
him or her
Example: Rita said, “Your painting is really nice.”
Which of the following is a correct reported speech?
Rita said that his painting was really nice.
Rita said that your painting is really nice.
Rita said that my painting is really nice.
None of these.
Which of the following is true for reported speech?
Saying the exact words what someone said.
Making the changes and then reporting what someone says.
Reporting what someone said with own inputs.
None of these.
Convert the followiing statement into direct speech: She asked the teacher when they could eat their snacks.
The teacher was asked when the girl could eat her snacks.
When can we eat our snacks?
"When can we eat our snacks? She asked"
She asked the teacher, "When can we eat our snacks?"
Which is correct?
He said, “Could you please repeat the question?”
He said, "could you please repeat the question?”
He said, “Could you please repeat the question"?
Sandra said that she could play guitar. Change this sentence to Direct speech.
Sandra said, "She can play guitar."
Sandra said, "I could play guitar."
Sandra said, "I can play guitar."
Sandra said, "She could play guitar."
He asked me “Open your book!”
He asked me to open my book.
He asked me opening my book.
He asked me to open your book.
He asks me to open my book.
Kevin asked, "Who went here to open the gate?"
Kevin asked who had opened the gate.
Kevin asked who opened the gate.
Kevin asked who went there to open the gate.
Kevin asked who had gone there to open the gate.
Tom said, "I bought a car last week."
He said that he had bought a car _____________.
a week ago
last week
the week before
Rhea says, "I am happy".
She tells me that she ________ happy.
is
was
had been
Austin says, "I see the clouds.".
He tells me that he ________ the clouds.
had seen
sees
saw
see
She said, "He will come tomorrow".
She told me that he ________ the next day.
is coming
will come
would come
14. The teacher told me, "You must pay attention."
The teacher told me that you had to pay attention.
The teacher told me that I had to pay attention.
The teacher told me that I have to pay attention.
13.Sarah asked, "Are you busy tonight?
She asked if I am busy tonight.
She asked if I was busy that night.
12.Melissa said, "I have been to India three times.”
Melissa said that I had been to India three times.
She said that she has been to India three times.
She said that she had been to India three times.
11.She said, "I am working in a hospital."
She told me that I was working in a hospital.
She told me that she was working in a hospital
10.John asked Mary, "Why do you get angry with me?"
John asked Mary why she got angry with him.
John asked Mary why she gets angry with him.
John asked Mary why she is angry with him.
9.Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?
Watch out for “that puddle!” Dad yelled.
“Watch out for that puddle!” Dad yelled.
“Watch out for” that puddle! Dad yelled.
8.Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?
Max shouted, "I'll eat you up!"
"Max shouted I'll eat you up!"
Max shouted I'll eat you up.
7.Convert the following statement into direct speech: She asked the teacher when they could eat their snacks.
When can we eat our snacks?
"When can we eat our snacks? She asked"
She asked the teacher, "When can we eat our snacks?"
6.Convert the following sentence into indirect speech: The police man said to the boy, "Where do you live?"
"Where do you live?", the policeman asked the boy.
The policeman asked the boy where he lives.
4.What needs to be corrected? Kiran asked, "did you see the match on television last night"
add a question mark at the end.
capitalize did and add an exclamation mark at the end.
capitalize did and add a question mark after night.
What's missing from this sentence? He said, “be quiet, please, and listen to my words.”
Quotation mark
A capital letter
A question mark
2. Which of the following sentences is correct?
Mai said, "My family is going to the market today."
Chloe asked, "where is my timetable."
"I told you not to go there." My father said.
1. How do we write the following in direct speech? Kelly said I am feeling sick today.
Kelly said "I am feeling sick today."
Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today".
Kelly said, "I am feeling sick today."
I asked, "Mom, can I have some ice-cream?"
I asked mom to have some ice-cream.
I ask whether mom can have some ice-cream.
I asked mom whether I could have some ice-cream.
I ask mom whether I can have some ice-cream.
Which of the following is an example of direct speech
Arnold said "that he was athletic."
I got 100% in the maths test! Natasha said
Clara declared "I need to have food at 12:30."
Convert into into indirect speech:
Mary said "I am going to go to the water park."
Mary said that she was going to the water park.
Mary said that she was going to go to the water park.
Mary said that I was going to the water park.
Mary said "That she was going to go to the water park"
Is this sentence is the direct speech correct:
Kamala said " The cookies were delicious".
Yes, Correct
No, Wrong
Convert this into direct speech:
He said that he will eat the cake on sunday.
(a)
"Why don't you go today?"I asked.
I asked why you did not go that day.
I asked why did you not go that day.
I asked why had you not gone that day.
I asked why you had not gone today.
Convert this into indirect speech:
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.
