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Sharpen your grammar skills with a focused quiz on quoted vs. reported speech: tense shifts, reporting verbs, punctuation, noun clauses, and accurate...

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When do tenses often change?

Reporting past

Greeting someone

Counting numbers

Spelling words

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The verb tense usually changes when we report speech.

False

True

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“I am happy,” she said → She said that she was happy.

True

False

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Quoted speech repeats the exact words that someone said

True

False

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A comma follows the verb in the main clause, and the quoted speech is placed inside quotation marks

True

False

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Reported speech for "am" becomes?

Is

Was

Be

Been

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What is quoted speech?

Exact words

Silent thinking

Paraphrased words

Random words

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What is reported speech?

Exact words

Shouted words

Direct quotes

Paraphrased words

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True or false: Quoted speech uses commas

False

True

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True or false: Reported speech uses that

True

False

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Which punctuation fits quoted speech?

Slashes

Quotation marks

Asterisks

Brackets

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Which introduces a noun clause?

Very

Often

That

Maybe

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Pick the correct transformation

"He is tired." → He said he is tired.

"He is tired." → He said he was tired.

"He is tired." → He said he tired.

"He is tired." → He said was tired.

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Which clause type is used?

Preposition

Noun clause

Relative clause

Adverb clause

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True or false: Quoted repeats exactly

True

False

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Which reporting verb fits?

Danced

Painted

Walked

Said

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