Year 8 English — Direct and indirect speech

Turn a spoken statement into reported speech, shifting the tense, the pronoun and the time words.

Name: ________________________

1.Report this: The guide said, "The bus is late."
- a) The guide said that the bus will be late.
- b) The guide said that this bus is late.
- c) The guide said that the bus had been late.
- d) The guide said that the bus was late.
2.In reported speech, "will" usually becomes ____.
3.Report this: She said, "I will call you tomorrow."
- a) She said she would call me the next day.
- b) She said she will call me tomorrow.
- c) She said I would call you tomorrow.
- d) She said she would called me the next day.
4.Report this: Ravi said, "I am tired."
- a) Ravi said he am tired.
- b) Ravi said that he is tired.
- c) Ravi said that I was tired.
- d) Ravi said that he was tired.
5.In reported speech, "am" usually becomes ____.
6.Which word replaces "here" in reported speech?
- a) this
- b) near
- c) where
- d) there
7.Report this: Meera said, "I have finished my homework."
- a) Meera said that I had finished my homework.
- b) Meera said that she had finished her homework.
- c) Meera said that she had finish her homework.
- d) Meera said that she has finished her homework.
8.Report this: "We are leaving now," they said.
- a) They said that they are leaving now.
- b) They said that we were leaving then.
- c) They said that they were leaving now.
- d) They said that they were leaving then.

Answer key — Year 8 English — Direct and indirect speech