What is indirect speech?
a) Speech delivered directly to the audience
b) Speech that is reported by someone else
c) Speech that is written in a book
d) Speech that is not audible
Answer: b) Speech that is reported by someone else
Which sentence is in direct speech?
a) Sarah said that she was going to the store.
b) “I’m going to the store,” Sarah said.
c) The store was where Sarah said she was going.
d) Sarah will go to the store.
Answer: b) “I’m going to the store,” Sarah said.
Which sentence is in indirect speech?
a) “I’ll be back soon,” Tom said.
b) Tom said he would be back soon.
c) Tom is going to be back soon.
d) Tom said he is back soon.
Answer: b) Tom said he would be back soon.
Which tense is used in indirect speech to report a present tense verb?
a) Present perfect
b) Simple past
c) Past perfect
d) Present continuous
Answer: b) Simple past
Which tense is used in indirect speech to report a past tense verb?
a) Present perfect
b) Simple past
c) Past perfect
d) Present continuous
Answer: c) Past perfect
Which sentence is in indirect speech?
a) “I’m not feeling well,” she said.
b) She said she wasn’t feeling well.
c) She is not feeling well.
d) She said she’s not feeling well.
Answer: b) She said she wasn’t feeling well.
Which sentence is in direct speech?
a) The teacher told the students to be quiet.
b) “Be quiet,” the teacher told the students.
c) The students were told by the teacher to be quiet.
d) The students had been told to be quiet by the teacher.
Answer: b) “Be quiet,” the teacher told the students.
Which pronoun is used to report the speech of a male speaker in indirect speech?
a) she
b) he
c) they
d) it
Answer: b) he
Which pronoun is used to report the speech of a female speaker in indirect speech?
a) she
b) he
c) they
d) it
Answer: a) she
Which sentence is in direct speech?
a) The doctor told me to take this medicine.
b) “Take this medicine,” the doctor said.
c) I was told by the doctor to take this medicine.
d) I have been told to take this medicine by the doctor.
Answer: b) “Take this medicine,” the doctor said.
Which sentence is in indirect speech?
a) “I love you,” she said.
b) She said she loved him.
c) She loves him.
d) She said she loves him.
Answer: b) She said she loved him.
Which sentence is in direct speech?
a) She asked me if I had seen the movie.
b) “Have you seen the movie?” she asked me.
c) I was asked if I had seen the movie by her.
d) The movie was asked to be seen by her.
Answer: b) “Have you seen the movie?” she asked me.
Which sentence is in indirect speech?
a) “I want to go to the beach,” he said.
b) He said he wanted to go to the beach.
c) He wants to go to the beach.
d) He said he wants to go to the beach.
Answer: b) He said he wanted to go to the beach.
Which sentence is in direct speech?
a) She told me that she had already finished her work.
b) “I have already finished my work,” she told me.
c) Her work had already been finished, she told me.
d) She had already finished her work, she told me.
Answer: b) “I have already finished my work,” she told me.
Which pronoun is used to report the speech of a group in indirect speech?
a) she
b) he
c) they
d) it
Answer: c) they
Which tense is used in indirect speech to report a future tense verb?
a) Present perfect
b) Simple past
c) Future perfect
d) Present continuous
Answer: c) Future perfect
Which sentence is in direct speech?
a) The principal said that the school will be closed tomorrow.
b) “The school will be closed tomorrow,” the principal said.
c) The school is going to be closed tomorrow, the principal said.
d) The school had been closed tomorrow, the principal said.
Answer: b) “The school will be closed tomorrow,” the principal said.
Which sentence is in indirect speech?
a) “I have never been to Paris before,” he said.
b) He said he had never been to Paris before.
c) He has never been to Paris before.
d) He said he has never been to Paris before.
Answer: b) He said he had never been to Paris before.
Which sentence is an example of direct speech in the present continuous tense?
a) She said that she is watching a movie.
b) “I am watching a movie,” she said.
c) She said that she was watching a movie.
d) “I was watching a movie,” she said.
Answer: b) “I am watching a movie,” she said.
Which sentence is an example of indirect speech in the present perfect tense?
a) “I have been to London,” she said.
b) She said she has been to London.
c) “I had been to London,” she said.
d) She said she had been to London.
Answer: d) She said she had been to London.
Which sentence is an example of direct speech in the simple present tense?
a) “I will call you later,” he said.
b) He said he would call me later.
c) “I call you later,” he said.
d) He said he called me later.
Answer: c) “I call you later,” he said.
Which sentence is an example of indirect speech in the simple past tense?
a) “I love to play tennis,” she said.
b) She said she loves to play tennis.
c) “I played tennis yesterday,” she said.
d) She said she played tennis the day before.
Answer: d) She said she played tennis the day before.
Which sentence is an example of direct speech in the past continuous tense?
a) “I was working on my project,” she said.
b) She said that she was working on her project.
c) “I worked on my project,” she said.
d) She said that she had been working on her project.
Answer: a) “I was working on my project,” she said.
Which sentence is an example of indirect speech in the past perfect tense?
a) “I will have finished the report by tomorrow,” he said.
b) He said he would finish the report by tomorrow.
c) “I had finished the report by yesterday,” he said.
d) He said he had finished the report by the day before.
Answer: d) He said he had finished the report by the day before.
Which sentence is an example of direct speech in the present perfect continuous tense?
a) “I have been waiting for an hour,” he said.
b) He said that he had been waiting for an hour.
c) “I have been waiting for an hour,” he said.
d) He said that he has been waiting for an hour.
Answer: c) “I have been waiting for an hour,” he said.
Which sentence is an example of indirect speech in the future tense?
a) “I am going to visit my family next week,” she said.
b) She said that she is going to visit her family next week.
c) “I will visit my family next week,” she said.
d) She said that she will visit her family next week.
Answer: d) She said that she will visit her family next week.
Which sentence is an example of direct speech in the simple past tense?
a) “I had a headache yesterday,” she said.
b) She said she had a headache yesterday.
c) “I have a headache today,” she said.
d) She said she has a headache today.
Answer: a) “I had a headache yesterday,” she said.
Which sentence is an example of direct speech in the simple future tense?
a) “I will be there at 2 pm,” she said.
b) She said that she will be there at 2 pm.
c) “I am going to be there at 2 pm,” she said.
d) She said that she is going to be there at 2 pm.
Answer: c) “I am going to be there at 2 pm,” she said.
Which sentence is an example of indirect speech in the past continuous tense?
a) “I was studying all day yesterday,” she said.
b) She said she was studying all day yesterday.
c) “I have been studying for two hours,” she said.
d) She said she had been studying for two hours.
Answer: b) She said she was studying all day yesterday.
Which sentence is an example of direct speech in the present perfect continuous tense?
a) “I have been working on this project for weeks,” she said.
b) She said that she had been working on this project for weeks.
c) “I am working on this project,” she said.
d) She said that she was working on this project.
Answer: a) “I have been working on this project for weeks,” she said.
Which sentence is an example of indirect speech in the simple present tense?
a) “I always take a walk after lunch,” she said.
b) She said she always takes a walk after lunch.
c) “I took a walk after lunch yesterday,” she said.
d) She said she took a walk after lunch yesterday.
Answer: b) She said she always takes a walk after lunch.
Which sentence is an example of direct speech in the past perfect tense?
a) “I had already eaten by the time she arrived,” he said.
b) He said that he had already eaten by the time she arrived.
c) “I am eating now,” he said.
d) He said that he was eating now.
Answer: a) “I had already eaten by the time she arrived,” he said.
Which sentence is an example of indirect speech in the present continuous tense?
a) “I am meeting my friends for lunch,” she said.
b) She said that she is meeting her friends for lunch.
c) “I will meet my friends for lunch,” she said.
d) She said that she will meet her friends for lunch.
Answer: b) She said that she is meeting her friends for lunch.
Which sentence is an example of direct speech in the simple past tense?
a) “I visited Paris last year,” he said.
b) He said that he visited Paris last year.
c) “I will visit Paris next year,” he said.
d) He said that he will visit Paris next year.
Answer: a) “I visited Paris last year,” he said.
Which sentence is an example of indirect speech in the future continuous tense?
a) “I will be studying all night,” she said.
b) She said that she will be studying all night.
c) “I am studying right now,” she said.
d) She said that she is studying right now.
Answer: b) She said that she will be studying all night.
Which sentence is an example of direct speech in the past continuous tense?
a) “I was playing tennis when it started raining,” she said.
b) She said that she was playing tennis when it started raining.
c) “I will play tennis tomorrow,” she said.
d) She said that she will play tennis tomorrow.
Answer: a) “I was playing tennis