Practice Direct & Indirect Speech: Reporting Conversations Accurately (2.3) - Sentence Structure & Transformation
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Direct & Indirect Speech: Reporting Conversations Accurately

Practice - Direct & Indirect Speech: Reporting Conversations Accurately

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

Change the following sentence to indirect speech: 'I like pizza,' he said.

💡 Hint: Remember to shift the tense.

Question 2 Easy

Convert this direct question to indirect: 'What time is it?'

💡 Hint: Notice how the question format changes.

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Interactive Quizzes

Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning

Question 1

What is used to introduce direct speech?

Quotation marks
Colons
Exclamation marks

💡 Hint: Think about the punctuation used to cite someone’s words.

Question 2

Indirect speech uses the exact words spoken by the speaker.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall how indirect speech summarizes what was said.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Convert the following direct sentence: 'He said, 'I will call you later' into indirect speech, ensuring to change the pronoun and tense correctly.

💡 Hint: Consider changing both tense and perspective.

Challenge 2 Hard

Transform this question into indirect speech: 'Why are you late?' she asked.

💡 Hint: Remove the question format and think about the pronouns.

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