Direct and Indirect Speech
Reporting verbs and changes in tense, pronouns and time.
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Take a full mock →Q1 · Direct and Indirect Speech · EASY
Convert the following sentence into indirect speech: She said, "I am going to the market today."
Q2 · Direct and Indirect Speech · MEDIUM
Change the following into direct speech: He told me that he had finished his homework the previous day.
Q3 · Direct and Indirect Speech · HARD
Convert the following interrogative sentence into indirect speech: The teacher asked the student, "Why were you absent yesterday?"
Q4 · Direct and Indirect Speech · MEDIUM
Convert the following into indirect speech: The teacher said to the students, "Have you completed your homework?"