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Direct and Indirect Speech

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Question 1

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1. What is Direct Speech?

  • A way of reporting someone’s words exactly as they were spoken.
  • A way of reporting someone’s words by changing the tense
  • A way of telling a story in past tense
  • A way of writing a conversation in reported form.

Question 2

Multiple Choice

What is Indirect Speech?

  • Repeating the exact words spoken by someone.
  • Reporting what someone said without changing the structure.
  • Reporting what someone said using one’s own words and making grammatical changes
  • Writing a sentence without any modifications.

Question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is in Direct Speech?

  • She said that she was happy.
  • She said, "I am happy."
  • She told me that she was happy.
  • She asked if I was happy.

Question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is in Indirect Speech?

  • He said, "I love reading books."
  • He said, "I will help you tomorrow."
  • He said that he loved reading books.
  • He said, "Do you like reading books?"

Question 5

Multiple Choice

What is the main difference between Direct and Indirect Speech?

  • Indirect Speech is always in past tense, while Direct Speech is always in present tense.
  • Direct Speech changes the words, while Indirect Speech keeps them the same.
  • Indirect Speech always uses future tense.
  • Direct Speech uses quotation marks, while Indirect Speech does not.

Question 6

Multiple Choice

Which change is correct in indirect speech? He said, "I will call you tomorrow."

  • He said that he would call me the next day.
  • He said that he will call me the next day.
  • He said that he could call me tomorrow.
  • He said that he called me tomorrow.

Question 7

Multiple Choice

What is the correct reported speech for the following? The teacher said, "You have to submit your assignments on time."

  • The teacher said that we have to submit our assignments on time.
  • The teacher said that we must submit our assignments on time.
  • The teacher said that we should submit our assignments on time.
  • The teacher said that we had to submit our assignments on time.

Question 8

Multiple Choice

What is the correct indirect speech for: He said, "I don’t know the answer."

  • He said that he doesn’t know the answer.
  • He said that he didn’t know the answer.
  • He said that he hadn’t known the answer.
  • He said that he wasn’t knowing the answer.

Question 9

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct Indirect Speech for the following sentence: Direct: He said, "I am watching a movie."

  • He said that he watched a movie.
  • He said that he had watched a movie.
  • He said that he was watching a movie.
  • He said that he had been watching a movie.

Question 10

Multiple Choice

Direct: She said, "I am feeling tired." Indirect: She said that she feels tired. Why is the above transformation is wrong?

  • "Tired" should be changed to "exhausted" for a stronger meaning.
  • "Feels" should be changed to "felt" because it's in the present tense.
  • The pronoun "she" should be changed to "I."
  • The verb tense should change from Present Continuous to Past Continuous.
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