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What is the purpose of changing sentences to reported speech?
To convey what someone else has said without quoting them directly.
True or False: In reported speech, the tense usually shifts back.
True
Fill in the blank: Direct speech is converted to reported speech by changing the __________.
pronouns and verb tenses
What is the reported speech version of ‘She says, ‘I am happy’’?
‘She says that she is happy.’
Identify the change in tense: ‘He said, ‘I will go to the store.’
‘He said that he would go to the store.’
What is the reported speech form of ‘They are playing football’?
‘They said that they were playing football.’
True or False: Questions in reported speech maintain the same word order as in direct speech.
False
What phrase is often used to introduce reported speech?
‘that’
Convert to reported speech: ‘Can you help me?’
‘He asked if I could help him.’
What is the reported speech for ‘I am studying’?
‘He said that he was studying.’
True or False: Modal verbs change in reported speech.
True
How do you report the command ‘Close the door!’?
‘He told me to close the door.’
Convert to reported speech: ‘I have finished my homework.’
‘She said that she had finished her homework.’
What is the reported speech version of ‘I can swim’?
‘He said that he could swim.’
Fill in the blank: When reporting speech, we often change __________ to reflect the speaker’s perspective.
pronouns
What is the reported speech form of ‘I will call you tomorrow’?
‘He said that he would call me the next day.’
True or False: ‘I am tired’ becomes ‘He said that he has been tired’ in reported speech.
False
What is the past perfect form of ‘I have seen that movie’ in reported speech?
‘He said that he had seen that movie.’
Convert to reported speech: ‘Where are you going?’
‘He asked where I was going.’
What is the reported speech version of ‘I don’t like coffee’?
‘She said that she didn’t like coffee.’
Fill in the blank: In reported speech, the time expressions often change, such as ‘now’ becomes __________.
then
What is the reported speech for ‘I will help you’?
‘He said that he would help me.’
True or False: The phrase ‘He said that…’ is commonly used in reported speech.
True
Convert to reported speech: ‘Please sit down.’
‘He asked me to sit down.’
What is the reported speech form of ‘I was watching TV’?
‘He said that he had been watching TV.’
Fill in the blank: In reported speech, ‘yesterday’ changes to __________.
the day before
How do you report the question ‘What time is it?’?
‘He asked what time it was.’
What is the reported speech for ‘I am going to the party’?
‘She said that she was going to the party.’
True or False: ‘I may go’ becomes ‘He said that he might go’ in reported speech.
True
Convert to reported speech: ‘I can help you tomorrow.’
‘He said that he could help me the next day.’
What is the reported speech version of ‘I love this book’?
‘She said that she loved that book.’
Fill in the blank: The phrase ‘He told me that…’ is used to report __________.
statements
What is the reported speech for ‘I am going to the store’?
‘He said that he was going to the store.’
True or False: In reported speech, exclamatory sentences are not changed.
False
Convert to reported speech: ‘What a beautiful day!’
‘He exclaimed that it was a beautiful day.’
What is the reported speech version of ‘I will never do that’?
‘He said that he would never do that.’
Fill in the blank: In reported speech, ‘last week’ changes to __________.
the week before
How do you report the command ‘Don’t touch that!’?
‘He told me not to touch that.’
What is the reported speech for ‘I want to learn’?
‘She said that she wanted to learn.’
True or False: The structure of reported speech remains the same regardless of the original sentence’s form.
False
Convert to reported speech: ‘I am not feeling well.’
‘He said that he was not feeling well.’
What is the reported speech for ‘I could go if I wanted to’?
‘He said that he could go if he wanted to.’
