Direct and Indirect Speech

English Language

Direct and Indirect Speech starts at 6 and continues till grade 12. QuestionsToday has an evolving set of questions to continuously challenge students so that their knowledge grows in Direct and Indirect Speech. How you perform is determined by your score and the time you take. When you play a quiz, your answers are evaluated in concept instead of actual words and definitions used.

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Change the following into direct speech: He asked me if I had seen his book.

Change the following into direct speech: She told me that she had lost her keys.

Change the following into indirect speech: "Do you like ice cream?" she asked.

Change the following into indirect speech: "Don't be late," my mother said.

Change the following into indirect speech: "How did you solve the problem?" the teacher asked.

Change the following into indirect speech: "Who broke the window?" the principal asked.

Change the following into indirect speech: "Why are you late?" the teacher asked.

Change the following sentence into indirect speech: She said, "I have finished my homework."

Convert the following into direct speech: He said that he would help me.

Convert the following into indirect speech: "Let us go for a walk," he said.

Convert the following into indirect speech: "Please open the window," she said to me.

Convert the following into indirect speech: "What is your name?" he asked me.

Convert the following into indirect speech: "What time does the train leave?" she asked.

Convert the following into indirect speech: "Where are you going?" he asked me.

Explain the main differences between direct and indirect speech.

Identify the error in the following indirect speech sentence: She said that she is tired.

In indirect speech, the reporting verb 'said to' is often changed to which verb when reporting a question?

Which tense does the verb usually change to in indirect speech if the reporting verb is in the past tense?