20 questions
Direct Speech is..
the reporting of speech by using similar words to the speaker.
the reporting of speech by rephrasing what the speaker said.
the reporting of speech by repeating the exact words of the speaker.
the reporting of speech at the exact time it was said.
Indirect speech is...
expresses what was said without using the exact words.
expresses what was said using the exact words.
where someone else expresses what was said.
where someone expresses their own words.
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
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.
When speaking to the boy, the policeman asked where do you live?
The policeman wanted to know where the boy lives.
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?"
Speech marks are also known as what?
Inverted commas
Quotation marks
Both of the above
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.
"Max shouted" I'll eat you up.
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 had gotten angry with him.
John asked Mary why she is angry with him.
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.
Mother asked Ben, "Are you going to marry her?"
Mother asked Ben if he was going to marry her.
Mother asked Ben if he is going to marry her.
Mother asks Ben if he is going to marry her.
Mother asks Ben if he was going to marry her.
8.What's wrong with this sentence? I said to him, “Why are you working so hard”?
"Why" should be lowercased
There should not be a comma before the spoken words begin.
There should be a full-stop after "hard".
The question mark should be enclosed by quotation marks.