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Direct and Indirect Speech — Practice Quiz

ICSE · Class 8 · English Language: Grammar and Composition

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Which sentence is direct speech?

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Which sentence is indirect speech?

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What happens to tenses in reported speech when the reporting verb is in the present or future tense?

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Which reporting verb is correct in the sentence: 'Sudha ___ that she wasn't satisfied with her result' when no personal object is used?

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Which pronoun change is correct when reporting 'I said, "My friends are very helpful to me."' from the speaker's point of view?

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my friends were very helpful to me

First person pronouns change according to who the speaker is. In this case, 'I' becomes the reporter's form, but the exact given reported form is 'my friends were very helpful to me.'

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Which word change is correct in indirect speech: 'today' becomes ___ ?

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that day

Today changes to that day in indirect speech when the reporting verb is past tense.

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Which sentence correctly reports the direct statement: 'We tried to control the prices last year.'

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They tried to control the prices the previous year.

Last year changes to the previous year in indirect speech.

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Which sentence correctly changes the direct speech: 'The climate of this city won't suit you.'

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The climate of that city wouldn't suit you.

This changes to that, and won't changes to wouldn't in indirect speech.

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What are the important topics in Direct and Indirect Speech for ICSE Class 8 English Language: Grammar and Composition?
Key topics in Direct and Indirect Speech include Core Ideas, Tense Changes in Indirect Speech, Pronoun and Time Place Changes, Reporting Statements. Study these first, then practise questions on each for Class 8 exams.
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