Direct and Reported Speech

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

She said, "I saw him."

She said who she had seen him

She said she saw him

She said that she had seen him

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

My parents asked me, “Why are you crying?”

My parents asked me why I was crying.

My parents asked me why I am crying.

My parents asked me why I had been crying.

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Indirect speech is also known as what?

Repeated speech

Repeated statements

Reported speech

Reported statements

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Speech marks are also known as what?

Inverted commas

Quotation marks

Both of the above

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify the statement below.

She said, "I saw him."

Direct Speech

Reported Speech

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify the statement below.

She said that she had seen him.

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Reported Speech refers to ...

How someone else said before.

What you are saying.

How we represent the speech of other people.

When somebody else said.

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Laura: It is really late, we need to go. Is reported: She said ___________________________.

It was really late, we needed to go.

It is really late, we needed to go.

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Marco: "I went to the movies with my friends". Is reported: He said that _________________________.

I have gone to the movies with my friends.

He had gone to the movies with his friends.

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

She said she had been listening to music.

Direct speech

Indirect Speec

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

I was listening to music.

Direct speech

Indirect speech

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Mary said: I will go to your house next weekend? Is reported: ________________________________.

She said she would go to your house the following week.

she said she will go to your house the next weekend.

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Larry said that he will help you with the project next month.

Direct speech

Indirect speech

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

"Cars are a silly invention." It's an example of:

Reported Speech

Direct Speech

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The president said that cars were a silly invention.

It's an example of:

Reported Speech

Direct Speech

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