LORD’S JEWELS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, INC.

English 7

Name: _______________________ Date: ______________ Score: ______ P.S.:_____________

1.
Spoken words start with ____________.

A
open inverted comma

B
colon

C
comma

D
closed inverted comma

2.
Which of the following is true for reported speech?

A
Making the changes and then reporting what someone says.

B
Saying the exact words what someone said.

C
None of these.

D
Reporting what someone said with own inputs.

3.
A sentence in a direct speech has ____________ parts.

A
five

B
four

C
two

D
three

4.
A ____________, in a direct speech can be before, after or in the middle of what the speaker
says.

A
tag
B
inverted comma

C
question mark

D
none of these

5.
Which of the following is a special feature of an indirect speech?

A
It always ends with a full stop.

B
It always denotes the exact words of the speaker.

C
It always ends with an exclamation mark.

D
It always has inverted commas in it.

6.
Which of the following is the correct difference between direct and indirect speech?

A
Direct speech can have any tense and indirect speech is usually in past tense.

B
Direct speech is the exact words of the speaker and indirect speech is the interpretation of
someone else.

C
None of these.

D
Direct speech has inverted commas and indirect speech has semi colon.

7.
When the reporting verb is in future tense, all verbs inside the inverted commas ____________.

A
are in future tense

B
are in past tense

C
are in present tense

D
retain their tense

8.
Example: Rita said, “Your painting is really nice.”

Which of the following is a correct reported speech?

A
Rita said that your painting is really nice.

B
Rita said that my painting is really nice.

C
None of these.

D
Rita said that his painting was really nice.

9.
While converting from direct to indirect, the pronoun ‘I’ changes to ____________.

A
his or her

B
me

C
he or she

D
him or her

10.
Example: The store manager said, “These are ancient paintings.”

Which of the following is a correct reported version?

A
None of these.

B
The store manager said that these are ancient paintings.

C
The store manager said that those were ancient paintings.
D
The store manager said that these paintings are ancient.

11.
While converting from direct to indirect speech which of the following changes happen?

A
Past continuous tense becomes future continuous tense.

B
Present continuous tense becomes past continuous tense.

C
None of these.

D
Simple present tense becomes simple future tense.

12.
Example: Mita said, “I have finished painting.”

Which of the following is a correct reported version ____________.

A
Mita had finished painting as to what she said.

B
Mita said to me I have finished painting.

C
None of these.

D
Mita said that she had finished painting.

13.
The time word ‘tomorrow’ in direct speech turns into ____________ in reported speech.

A
the next day

B
yesterday

C
none of these

D
the day after

14.
If a direct speech has ‘now’, it becomes ____________ in reported speech.

A
present

B
after

C
then

D
next

15.
Which of the following means to feel bad about something?

A
None of these.

B
Jolly glad.

C
Old thing.

D
To take to heart.