1. What is Direct Speech also known as?
Answer: Quoted Speech
2. What is the main purpose of using Indirect Speech?
Answer: To report someone else’s words or thoughts without quoting them directly.
3. Which punctuation mark is used at the end of a sentence in Direct Speech?
Answer: Quotation mark (“”)
4. In Indirect Speech, the reporting verb is usually in which tense?
Answer: Past tense
5. Choose the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “I am reading a book.”
Answer: He said that he was reading a book.
6. When changing “will” in Direct Speech to Indirect Speech, we use which tense?
Answer: Conditional tense
7. When the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verbs in Indirect Speech usually change to:
Answer: Past tense
8. Which tense is used in Indirect Speech to change “am” in Direct Speech?
Answer: Present tense
9. What tense is used in Indirect Speech to change “has” in Direct Speech?
Answer: Had
10. Choose the correct form for the Indirect Speech of the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “I have completed the assignment.”
Answer: She said that she had completed the assignment.
11. Indirect Speech is often introduced by which type of verbs?
Answer: Reporting verbs (e.g., said, told, asked)
12. When the reported statement contains a modal verb, the reporting verb may be followed by which word in Indirect Speech?
Answer: “If”
13. Which word changes to ‘that’ in Indirect Speech if the Direct Speech has ‘this’?
Answer: These
14. When changing Direct Speech to Indirect Speech, which pronoun changes to ‘they’?
Answer: We
15. Choose the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Can you help me with this assignment?”
Answer: She asked if she could help her with that assignment.
16. In Indirect Speech, time expressions usually change to which tense?
Answer: Past tense
17. Which pronoun changes to ‘she’ in Indirect Speech if the Direct Speech has ‘he’?
Answer: His
18. What is the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “I will call you later.”
Answer: He said that he would call her later.
19. Choose the correct form for the Indirect Speech of the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “I have already seen that movie.”
Answer: He said that he had already seen that movie.
20. Which word changes to ‘here’ in Indirect Speech if the Direct Speech has ‘there’?
Answer: Here
21. What is the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Where are you going?”
Answer: She asked where I was going.
22. When the reported statement is a question, the reporting verb in Indirect Speech is usually followed by:
Answer: If or Whether
23. Choose the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Why did you leave early?”
Answer: He asked why I left early.
24. Select the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Who broke the vase?”
Answer: She asked who had broken the vase.
25. Choose the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Will you attend the meeting tomorrow?”
Answer: He asked if I would attend the meeting tomorrow.
26. In Indirect Speech, what changes to ‘our’ when changing pronouns?
Answer: My
27. Which of the following sentences uses the correct form of Indirect Speech?
Direct: “I can’t believe it,” she said.
Answer: She said that she couldn’t believe it.
28. Choose the correct form for the Indirect Speech of the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “I love ice cream.”
Answer: She said that she loved ice cream.
29. When changing Direct Speech to Indirect Speech, which pronoun changes to ‘she’?
Answer: He
30. Which sentence uses the correct form of Indirect Speech?
Direct: “I won the competition,” he said.
Answer: He said that he won the competition.
31. Choose the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “I am going to the cinema tonight.”
Answer: He said that he was going to the cinema tonight.
32. What is the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “I will visit my friend tomorrow.”
Answer: She said that she would visit her friend the next day.
33. Choose the correct form for the Indirect Speech of the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “We have already booked the tickets.”
Answer: They said that they had already booked the tickets.
34. Which sentence uses the correct form of Indirect Speech?
Direct: “I can’t believe it,” she said.
Answer: She said that she couldn’t believe it.
35. What is the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Can you lend me your pen?”
Answer: He asked if I could lend him my pen.
36. Choose the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Are you coming to the party?”
Answer: He asked if I was coming to the party.
37. What is the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Did she call you yesterday?”
Answer: He asked if she had called me the day before.
38. Choose the correct form for the Indirect Speech of the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Will they arrive on time?”
Answer: She asked if they would arrive on time.
39. What is the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Have you finished your work?”
Answer: She asked if I had finished my work.
40. Choose the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Can I borrow your laptop?”
Answer: She asked if she could borrow my laptop.
41. What is the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Please close the door.”
Answer: She requested to close the door.
42. Choose the correct form for the Indirect Speech of the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Don’t touch that!”
Answer: He warned not to touch that.
43. What is the correct Indirect Speech for the following Direct Speech:
Direct: “Be quiet during the presentation.”
Answer: She told us to be quiet during the presentation.
