English Language

Direct and Indirect Speech

290 Questions
All Interrogative Sentences 64 Imperative Sentences 63 Tense Sequence Shift 30 Assertive Sentences 23 Exclamatory Sentences 23 Universal Truths and Habits 22 Modal Auxiliary Shift 19 Time and Place Expressions 19 Pronoun Shifts 18 Mixed Sentence Types 5 Question Tags 1

Direct and Indirect Speech Questions

Multiple choice

Change it into indirect speech They said,"Please guide us the way." Principal said,"You have been completing the project for an hour." He said ,"I have been playing football for an since evening." He said to me ,"The sun is bright."

  1. They requested to guide them the way.

  2. Principal said that I had been completing the project for an hour

  3. He said that he had been playing football since evening

  4. He said to me that the sun is bright
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,B,C,D Correct answer
Multiple choice

How would you say this in reporter speech: Morten: "Christian is coming home today!?

  1. Morten said at Christian was coming home that day.

  2. Morten said that Christian is coming home today.

  3. Morten said that Christian was coming home today.

  4. Morten said that Christian was coming home that day.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In reported speech, the verb tense shifts back (is -> was) and time expressions change to reflect the perspective of the reporter (today -> that day). Option D correctly applies both rules.

Multiple choice report writing english

Select the best option to fill in the blank:
___________ speech is used while writing a report. 

  1. Direct

  2. Reported

  3. Persuasive

  4. Informal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
A report gives a description about an incident or event that has happened. Hence, it will be in past tense.
Option B: Reported speech reports an event or action that happened. It can report something said by someone. Hence option B is correct.
Option A: Direct speech reports speech by directly quoting the words spoken by the speaker. But, a report narrates what was spoken, and is in third person point of view. It does not express firsthand information.
Option C: A report can be persuasive but it is not written in persuasive speech. Reports are not written in persuasive speech. A persuasive speech is spoken and not written. Reports are written.
Option D: Reports can be informal, such as a report written in a workplace, but it is not written in an informal speech. Informal speech is one that you use with your friends or relatives, but not in a professional environment. Informal reports still have a formal diction.
Hence options A, C and D are incorrect.
Multiple choice report writing english

State whether true or false:
A report often contains written records or interviews which are reported word for word. Either quotation marks are used correctly or the interview is converted into reported speech.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Including direct quotes or reported speech from witnesses or participants adds credibility and accuracy to a report.