DIRECT-INDIRECT SPEECH

DIRECT       : He says, “I am the strongest man.”

INDIRECT   : He says that he is the strongest man.

DIRECT       : My father said to me,”Your mother is angry with me.”

INDIRECT   : My Father said to me that my mother was angry with him.

DIRECT       : She says, “ Anton went to my house yesterday.”

INDIRECT   : She says that anton went to her house yesterday

DIRECT       : I said to him,” I tried to finish the assigment for you yesterday.”

INDIRECT   : I said to him that i had tried to finish the assigment for him the day before.

DIRECT       : The teacher tells/told us, ‘Open your books!”

INDIRECT   : The teacher tells/told us to open our books.

DIRECT       : The teacher tells/told us, “Don’t disturb the other classess!”

INDIRECT   : The teacher tells/told us not to disturb the other classess.

DIRECT       : The doctor asks me, “Are you a smoker?”

INDIRECT   : The doctor asks me if I am a smoker.

DIRECT       : Rina asked me, “Do you have brothers or sisters?”

INDIRECT   : Rina asked me if I had brothers or sisters.

DIRECT       : Anton asks my sister, “Where is Andy?”

INDIRECT   : Anton asks my sister where Andy is.

DIRECT       : My mother asked me, “What did you buy from the market?”

INDIRECT   : My mother asked me what I had bought from the market.

1.   My lecturer asked me, “Why did you collect your assignment late?”

      My lecturer asked me...

      a.   why I collect my assignment late

      b.   why I had collected my assignment late

      c.   why I collected my assignment late

      d.   why I was collecting my assignment late

      e.   why I was collecting his assignment late

2.   Anita told me that she was going to Bali the following year.

      Anita told me,”...

      a.   I was going to Bali next year

      b.   I am going to Bali the following year

      c.   I am going to Bali next year

      d.   She was going to Bali next year

3.   The notice in the park said,”...”the grass

      a.   keep in

      b.   keep out

      c.   keep off

      d.   keep from

4.   Only those below the age thirteen are...to enter the competition.

      a.   eligible

      b.   edible

      c.   enable

      d.   audible

5.   I wonder how the results of the general election will...us

      a.   effect

      b.   defect

      c.   infect

      d.   affect

6.   After listening to his mother’s...words, the baby stopped crying.

      a.   comfort

      b.   comfortably

      c.   comforting

      d.   comfortable