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1. Indirect speech:Laura asked me how Ten would get here.Direct speech: _____
2. "Don't try this at home, " the stuntman told the audience.
3. "I have been there" explained Rayna. She told me that she _____ there.
4. This is a kind of speech that repeats, or quotes, the exact words spoken. We place the words spoken between quotation marks (" ") and there is no change in these words.
5. David said to Anna, "Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow."
6. Punctuate this sentence correctly.Well done said the teacher
7. It is a sentence that gives a statement or thought in its original form according to how the original speaker said it.
8. Anna asked him if he played basketball on Wednesdays.
9. Change the sentences using Reported Speech and the correct form of the verbs given. "'Please, don't step on my towel" Mary said to her brother. (ask)
10. Before closing speech marks, should a punctuation mark be used?
11. Identify whether the following sentence is direct speech or indirect speech:-Sita said that she had done her homework.
12. "I don't bring enough money now" she said.
13. Matthew said, "I have seen that movie" .He told me that he _____ that movie.
14. Change into direct speech:I told mom that I had a toothache
15. Sam said: "I want to go to Cambridge" .
16. What is wrong with: "Please stop shouting, Harry." "I have a headache, " explained Susie.
17. Change into direct speech:Billy said to us that we had to be silent there.
18. Khurt: "I was writing a letter yesterday."
19. She said, "He is singing well" .
20. Which is NOT a direct speech?
21. What is wrong? "this is my favourite shirt, " said Tim.
22. The Judge said, " Speak only when you are asked to." The indirect speech becomes:
23. Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.Rule to remember:(Pronoun) We have to change the pronouns to keep the same meaning of a sentence. "We are the best students, " he said.
24. In which speech colon, comma and inverted comma are used?
25. "We are going to Dufan this Friday, " said Sandy.
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