Indirect and direct speech

Question 1

Change the following into direct speech:
Ella said that Newt was better than Thomas.

amen~*

Answer 1

Ella said, “Newt is better than Thomas!”

Question 2

Change the following into indirect speech:
Anna said, “Newt is really cute!”

amen for the second time~*

Answer 2

Anna said that Newt was really cute.

Question 3

Change the following into direct speech:
Anna asked if she could read Shannon’s book.

And she said YES!
Humphr! ~*

Answer 3

Anna asked,“Shannon, can I read your book?”

Question 4

Change the following into indirect speech:
Zach said, “I want to read the book as well!”

And she said NO!
Even bigger humphr!!! ~*

Answer 4

Zach said that he wanted to read the book as well.

Question 5

Change the following into direct speech:
Shannon said that the book was for girls only.

Sexist much?
(Jokes, don’t take it seriously) ~*

Answer 5

Shannon said, “The book is for girls only.”

Question 6

Change the following into indirect speech:

Ella exclaimed, “This is the best Xhosa book I’ve ever read!”

Answer 6

Ella said that it was the best Xhosa book she had ever read.

Question 7

Change the following to direct speech:

Anna complained that the amount of messages on the group was too high.

Answer 7

Anna complained, “The amount of messages on the group is too high!”

Question 8

Change the following into indirect speech:

Grace replied, “Yes, I went away for 30 minutes and there were over 100 messages!”

Answer 8

Grace replied that when she had been gone for 30 minutes there were over 100 messages.

Question 9

Change the following into indirect speech:

Rebecca complained: “I am so bored of studying!”

Answer 9

Rebecca said that she was very bored of studying.