Direct - indirect Speech Exercise

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**Question 1:**

Convert the following direct speech into indirect speech.

**Direct Speech:**  

*She said, "I am studying for the test."*

a) She said she is studying for the test.  

b) She said that she was studying for the test.  

c) She said that I was studying for the test.  

d) She says that she is studying for the test.

**Question 2:**

Choose the correct indirect speech for the following sentence.

**Direct Speech:**  

*He said, "I will go to the market tomorrow."*

a) He said that he will go to the market tomorrow.  

b) He said that he would go to the market tomorrow.  

c) He said that he would go to the market the next day.  

d) He said that he goes to the market tomorrow.

**Question 3:**

Convert the following into indirect speech.

**Direct Speech:**  

*She asked, "Can you help me with this project?"*

a) She asked if I could help her with that project.  

b) She asked can I help her with this project.  

c) She asked that I helped her with this project.  

d) She asks if I could help her with that project.

**Question 4:**

Which of the following is the correct indirect speech for the sentence below?

**Direct Speech:**  

*"I have finished my homework," John said.*

a) John said that I have finished my homework.  

b) John said that he had finished his homework.  

c) John said that he has finished his homework.  

d) John says he had finished his homework.

**Question 5:**

Select the correct option to convert this sentence to indirect speech.

**Direct Speech:**  

*"We are going to the park," they said.*

a) They said that we are going to the park.  

b) They said that they are going to the park.  

c) They said that they were going to the park.  

d) They say they were going to the park.

**Question 6:**

Choose the correct indirect speech form.

**Direct Speech:**  

*Tom said, "I am going to the movies now."*

a) Tom said that he is going to the movies now.  

b) Tom said that he was going to the movies then.  

c) Tom said that he was going to the movies now.  

d) Tom says that he is going to the movies then.

**Question 7:**

Convert the following into indirect speech.

**Direct Speech:**  

*"Where is the library?" she asked.*

a) She asked where is the library.  

b) She asks where the library was.  

c) She asked where the library was.  

d) She asked where the library is.

**Question 8:**

Which of the following is the correct indirect speech?

**Direct Speech:**  

*She said, "I have lived here for five years."*

a) She said that she has lived there for five years.  

b) She said that she had lived there for five years.  

c) She said she lived here for five years.  

d) She said she had lived here for five years.

**Question 9:**

Choose the correct option to change the sentence into indirect speech.

**Direct Speech:**  

*He said, "I bought a new car."*

a) He said that he has bought a new car.  

b) He said that he bought a new car.  

c) He said that he had bought a new car.  

d) He says he had bought a new car.

**Question 10:**

Convert the following sentence into indirect speech.

**Direct Speech:**  

*"Don't touch the hot stove," she said.*

a) She said do not touch the hot stove.  

b) She told me not t

o touch the hot stove.  

c) She said not to touch the hot stove.  

d) She said that I shouldn't touch the hot stove.