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Grammar Grade 6

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 11mins

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1.

Gery said to Dian, “I will call you tomorrow.”

The indirect speech from that utterance is …

a)

Gery said to Dian that he would call her tomorrow

b)

Gery said to Dian that he will called her the day after

c)

Gery said to Dian that he would call her the day after

d)

Gery said to Dian that he would call her tomorrow

2.
Which of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?
a)
“I’m scared”, my brother whispered. “Do we have to” go on the ghost train?
b)
“I’m scared”, my brother whispered. “Do we have to go on the ghost train?”
c)
I’m scared, “my brother whispered”. Do “we have to go on the ghost train?”
d)
I’m scared, “my” brother whispered. “Do we have to go on the ghost train?”
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.

Speech marks are also known as what?

a)

Inverted commas

b)

Quotation marks

c)

Both of the above

5.

The speaker urged them to be quiet and listen to him.

a)

The speaker said, “Be quiet and listen to my words.”

b)

The speaker said to them to, "Be quiet and listen to my words."

c)

The speaker is telling them to “Be quiet and listen to my words.”

6.

Roselle said, "Humans are mortals."

a)

Roselle said that humans were mortals.

b)

Roselle said that humans are mortals.

c)

Roselle says that humans were mortals.

7.

John said, “I am very busy now.”

a)

John said that he was very busy then.

b)

John said that he is very busy now.

c)

John said that he was very busy now.

8.

He said, ‘Let us wait for your teacher.’

a)

A.He proposed that they should wait for their teacher.

b)

B.He requested that they would wait for their teacher

c)

C.He proposed that they shall wait for their teacher.

d)

D.He proposed that they can wait for their teacher.

9.

My father said to me, "You must work hard".

a)

My father said to me that I must work hard.

b)

My father said to me that you must work hard.

c)

My father said to me that you have to work hard.

d)

My father said to me that I had to work hard.

10.

He says, "They will hurt you".

a)

He said to me that they will hurt me.

b)

He said to me that he would be hurt me.

c)

He said to me that they would hurt me.

d)

He said to me that they would hurt you.