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Indirect speech exercise

June 19, 2013 - pdf

Test your understanding of direct and indirect speech with this grammar exercise.

1. ‘Do you like tea?’ he said.

Correct! Wrong!

2. The teacher said, ‘What are you looking for?’

Correct! Wrong!

3. ‘Have you bought enough nails?’ mother said.

Correct! Wrong!

4. He asked his daughter …………………. she had finished her homework.

Correct! Wrong!

5. I asked him whether he would keep quiet. This is the reported speech of:

Correct! Wrong!

6. The teacher asked the students ……………………… they had seen the exhibition.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. He asked me if I liked tea.

2. The teacher asked me what I was looking for.

3. Mother asked me if I had bought enough nails.

4. He asked his daughter whether she had finished her homework.

5. I asked him ‘Will you keep quiet?’

6. The teacher asked the students if they had seen the exhibition.

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