Grade 8 -Direct and Indirect Speech (Statements)

Learning Objectives:
1. Identify direct and indirect sentences.
2. Rewrite as reported speech, applying the rules pertaining to it.
Q. 1. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1. Kiran told me, “ I saw the Cricket match on television yesterday.”
A. Kiran told me that I saw the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
B. Kiran told me that he had seen the Cricket match on television the last
night.
C. Kiran told me did I see the Cricket match on television the last night.
2. David said, “ Anna, Mona will leave for her native place tomorrow.
A. David told Anna that Mona would leave for her native place the next day.
B. David told Anna that Mona left for her native place the next day.
C. David told Anna that Mona would be leaving for her native place tomorrow.
3. Karthik said, “I have begun the test.”
A. Karthik said I will do the test.
B. Karthik said that he had begun the test.
C. Karthik said that he begins the test.
4. Dona said, “I am going to play.”
A. Dona said that she is going to play.
B. Dona said that she has been going to play.
C. Dona said that she was going to play.
5. Harry said, “I completed the project yesterday.”
A. Harry said that he completed the project last night.
B. Harry said that he had completed the project last night.
 C. Harry said that he have completed the project yesterday.
Q. 2.Rewrite the following into indirect speech. Pay close attention to the
tenses.
1. He said, "I will meet you outside the post office tomorrow."

2. The teacher told us, "The boiling point of water is hundred degree celsius."

3. "When I dropped the jug, it smashed to pieces," my little brother says.

4. The stranger said, "I have seen you."

5. The mechanic said, "Your car is ready now.”

6. He said, “I have a headache.”
7. Manu said, “I am very busy now.”
8. “I am living in a big cottage near the riverbed,” she said to us.
9. “My sister has been staying with her aunt for many years,” he told her.
10. She said, “I am going to college.”
The Great Challenge:
Q. 3. Create a very interesting dialogue and change the same to a paragraph with
indirect statements.