Direct and Indirect Speech (Grade 11 NSC Matric English HL): Quizzes
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What must you use in direct speech to show the exact words spoken?
What must you use in direct speech to show the exact words spoken?
Quotation marks
What happens to quotation marks when converting direct to indirect speech?
What happens to quotation marks when converting direct to indirect speech?
They disappear completely
In indirect speech, what does 'will' backshift to?
In indirect speech, what does 'will' backshift to?
would
What does 'can' change to when backshifting in indirect speech?
What does 'can' change to when backshifting in indirect speech?
could
When reporting someone else's words, 'I' typically changes to which pronoun?
When reporting someone else's words, 'I' typically changes to which pronoun?
he/she
In indirect speech, 'today' changes to which time expression?
In indirect speech, 'today' changes to which time expression?
that day
What happens to questions when converted to indirect speech?
What happens to questions when converted to indirect speech?
They become statements
When does backshifting only happen in indirect speech?
When does backshifting only happen in indirect speech?
When reporting verb is past tense
Which punctuation marks are NOT used in indirect speech?
Which punctuation marks are NOT used in indirect speech?
Exclamation & question marks
In indirect speech, the place expression 'here' changes to what?
In indirect speech, the place expression 'here' changes to what?
there