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Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Grammar - Converting Direct Speech to Indirect
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When converting speech from direct to indirect, change the present tense verbs to the past tense. If the direct speech is written in simple past tense, you just remove the punctuation and change the verb to past perfect to make it indirect speech.

Professional Communication Skills Practice Test: Grammar - Converting Direct Speech to Indirect
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10 Questions

1. Convert the following direct speech to indirect :
She said, “My mother is cooking food.”
2. Indirect speech is also called as :
3. Change the direct speech to indirect :
He said to me, “Where is Neha?”
4. Change the speech for the following statement :
She said, “The man died in the afternoon.”
5. Convert the following statement in direct speech to indirect :
He said to me, “I don’t believe you.”
6. Change the speech in the following sentence :
She says, “I am happy to be here this evening.”
7. Indirect speech is when one quotes the exact words spoken by a speaker.
8. Convert the following direct speech to indirect :
She said, “My mother is cooking food.”
9. Indirect speech is also called as :
10. Convert the following direct speech to indirect :
Vineet said to Nitin, “ Go away.”

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