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1. "Whose car did you borrow last night?" I asked him.
2. Tom said, "I bought a car last week."He said that he had bought a car _____
3. She said to him, "It is good to see you!"
4. "I can give the offer to someone else." the man said.The man said _____ he could give the offer to someone else.
5. Choose true or false:An utterance is seen as a direct speech act when there is a direct relationship between the structure and the communicative function of the utterance.
6. Teacher said, " India got independence in 1947."
7. Lin En, stop playing the fool now !" the class monitor ordered.
8. What is the purpose of using punctuation marks in direct and indirect speech?
9. 'Oh, hi, Ethan! I'm just leaving, unfortunately.' $\rightarrow$ When I got there I saw him, but he said he _____
10. Bob told me, "Rachel had worked o hard."Bob told me that _____
11. Indirect speech is used when you are saying what someone said.
12. Example:The store manager said, "These are ancient paintings." Which of the following is a correct reported version?
13. I said to my sister, "Can you iron my clothes for me?"
14. 'We've seen four elephants already and it's only our first day.' $\rightarrow$ He said that they _____ four elephants on their first day. Imagine what animals they've seen by now!
15. Turn Indirect speech to direct speech"Alex said that his parents were very well."
16. Report the following sentences correctly. 'I can swim really fast.'
17. My mom asked me, "Did they eat out together yesterday?"My mom asked me _____ They had eaten out together yesterday.
18. Roshni said that she might meet him there.
19. A sentence in a direct speech has _____ parts.
20. Grandpa said, "What's the time by your watch?"
21. Change:direct to indirect:Sameen said, "cheer up father. I'll go and find another job!"
22. Tony said to me, "Why does she sing so loudly?"
23. Fitria asked me, "What happens here?"
24. "Nobody likes that weird thing, " said James.
25. A) dances-dancedb) is dancing-was dancingc) danced-have dancedd) had danced-has danced
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