ENGLISH – CLASS V

GRAMMAR LESSON 24 – WORKSHEET

1.When the words actually spoken by the person are written in

inverted commas, it is
a) reported speech
b) direct speech
c) indirect speech
2. The closing quotation mark at the end of the sentence is used
a) after the full stop
b) before the full stop
c) in between the sentence
3. ‘yesterday’ in the direct speech changed to _____ in the indirect
speech.
a) the day before
b) the day after
c) that day
4. We do not use quotation marks in
a) indirect speech
b) direct speech
c) actual speech
5. The first word of the reported speech begins with a
a) Capital letter
b) Small letter
c) last letter
6. The verb ‘said’ which introduces the reported speech is called the
a) reporting verb
b) non reporting verb
c) finite verb
7. State True or False
In indirect speech, no comma is placed after ‘said’.
a) True
b) False
c) May be
8. If there is any object after ‘said’ in the direct speech, then ‘said’
becomes _________ in reported speech.
a) say
b) told
c) tell
9. Change the sentence given below in the reported speech:
Vera said,”I walk to school.’’
a) Vera say that she walk to school.
b) Vera said that she walked to school.
c) Vera tell that she walked to school.
10. Complete the sentence with the help of the clue:
“It is too late.”
 a) I said it was too late.
b) I said that it was too late.
c) I say it was too late.
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