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- 1. Multiple Choice
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.
- 2. Multiple Choice
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.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Indirect speech is also known as what?
Repeated speech
Repeated statements
Reported speech
Reported statements
- 4. Multiple Choice
Speech marks are needed for what?
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
- 5. Multiple Choice
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.
- 6. Multiple Choice
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?"
- 7. Multiple Choice
Speech marks are also known as what?
Inverted commas
Quotation marks
Both of the above
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?“Do you want any sweets?” my dad asked. “I’m just about to go to the shop.”“Do you want any sweets? my dad asked”. I’m just about to “go to the shop.”Do you want any sweets? “my dad asked”. “I’m just about to go to the shop.”“Do you want any sweets?” “my dad asked.” I’m just about to go to the shop.
- 9. Multiple Choice
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.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?“We’re going to the theme park!” the little boy exclaimed.We’re going to the “theme park!” the little boy exclaimed.We’re going to the theme park! “the little boy exclaimed.”“We’re going to the theme park! the little boy exclaimed.”
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich 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.”Watch out for “that puddle!” Dad yelled.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?I’ve had “enough!” shouted Grandpa. “I’m fed up of you playing video games.”“I’ve had enough!” shouted Grandpa. “I’m fed up of you” playing video games.“I’ve had enough!” shouted Grandpa. “I’m fed up of you playing video games.”I’ve had enough! “shouted Grandpa”. I’m fed up of you “playing video games.”
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?“I’m scared”, my brother whispered. “Do we have to” go on the ghost train?“I’m scared”, my brother whispered. “Do we have to go on the ghost train?”I’m scared, “my brother whispered”. Do “we have to go on the ghost train?”I’m scared, “my” brother whispered. “Do we have to go on the ghost train?”
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?“Thank you for helping me with my homework,” said Will.“Thank you for helping me” with my homework, said Will.Thank you for helping me “with my homework,” said Will.“Thank you for helping” me with my homework, said Will.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?I had a great time at “the fair,” said Ayan. “The ghost train was my favourite ride.”“I had a great time at the fair,” said “Ayan. The ghost train was my favourite ride.”“I had a great time at the fair, said” Ayan. “The ghost train was my favourite ride.”“I had a great time at the fair,” said Ayan. “The ghost train was my favourite ride.”
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these sentences has punctuated speech correctly?Have you seen my “dog?” she asked.“Have you seen my dog? she asked.”“Have you seen my dog?” she asked.Have you seen “my dog?” she asked
- 17. Multiple Choice
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.
- 18. Multiple Choice
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.
- 19. Multiple Choice
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.
- 20. Multiple Choice
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.
- 21. Multiple Choice
"We are going to Dufan this Friday," said Sandy.
Sandy said that they are going to Dufan that Friday.
Sandy said that they was going to Dufan that Friday.
Sandy said that they were going to Dufan that Friday.
- 22. Multiple Choice
My mom told me, "Clean your room now."
My mom told me that clean my room now.
My mom told me to clean my room then.
My mom told me if clean my room then.
- 23. Multiple Choice
"Do you like chocolate?" asked Tom to her.
Tom asked her whether she liked chocolate.
Tom asked her if she liked chocolate.
Both are correct
Neither is correct
- 24. Multiple Choice
"I will call you tonight," said Sally to her brother.
Sally said to her brother that she would call him that night.
Sally said to her brother that he would call her that night.
Both are correct
Neither is correct
- 25. Multiple Choice
The children said to their mom, "We may go home late today."
The children said to their mom that we might go home late that day.
The children said to their mom that they might go home late that day.
No correct answer
- 26. Multiple Choice
"Come to my house, Marry," said Jane.
Jane asked Marry to come to my house.
Jane asked Marry to come to her house.
Marry asked Jane to come to her house.
- 27. Multiple Choice
The man asked the clerk, "Do you sell teapot in this store?"
The man asked the clerk if he sold teapot in that store.
The man asked the clerk that he sold teapot in that store.
No correct answer
- 28. Multiple Choice
His dad said, "I can pick you up today, my son."
His dad said to me that he could pick you up today.
His dad said to him that he could pick him up that day.
Both are correct
- 29. Multiple Choice
"Nobody likes that weird thing," said James.
James said that nobody liked that weird thing.
James said if nobody liked that weird thing.
James said whethere nobody liked that weird thing.
- 30. Multiple Choice
"Pass me the salad, Tom," asked her.
She asked Tom to pass her the salad.
She asked Tom to passed her the salad.
Both are correct
- 31. Multiple Choice
Susan told us, "Clean the table now."
Susan told us to clean the table then.
Susan told us to cleaned the table then.
We told Susan to clean the table then.
We told Susan to cleaned the table then.
- 32. Multiple Choice
Samuel asked his mom, "Is that a bird, mom?"
Samuel asked his mom to get the bird.
Samuel said to his mom that that is a bird.
Samuel asked his mom if that was a bird.
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