What is Direct Speech?, A. Reporting someone’s words without changing them , B. Changing someone’s words, C. Using past tense only, D. Removing quotation marks, What is Reported Speech?, A. Using exact words, B. Reporting the meaning of what someone said , C. Using present tense, D. Keeping quotation marks, Which punctuation is used in Direct Speech?, A. Commas, B. Quotation marks (“ ”) , C. Full stops, D. Colons, Which sentence is Reported Speech?, A. He said, “I am tired.”, B. He said he was tired , C. He says, “I am tired.”, D. He says he is tired, In Reported Speech, quotation marks are:, A. Always used, B. Sometimes used, C. Never used , D. Optional, Which verb needs an object?, A. say, B. tell , C. speak, D. talk, Yesterday, the teacher ________ the students that they needed to finish all the homework before coming to class the next day., A. said, B. said to, C. told , D. told to, During the meeting, the manager ________ that the company would launch a new product the following month, but he didn’t mention the exact date., A. said , B. told, C. said to, D. told to, “Say” is usually followed by:, A. Object + clause, B. Clause only , C. Object only, D. Verb-ing, After talking to his assistant about the delay, the director ________ the meeting would be postponed until the following week, so everyone had more time to prepare., A. said to his assistant, B. told that ❌, C. said that , D. told to his assistant, Present Simple → ?, A. Past Continuous, B. Past Simple , C. Present Perfect, D. Future, Present Continuous → ?, A. Past Continuous , B. Past Simple, C. Present Perfect, D. Future, Present Perfect → ?, A. Past Simple, B. Past Continuous, C. Past Perfect , D. Future, Past Simple → ?, A. Present Perfect, B. Past Perfect , C. Future, D. No change, Past Perfect → ?, A. Past Simple, B. Present Perfect, C. No change , D. Future, Will → ?, A. would , B. will, C. had, D. might, Can → ?, A. may, B. could , C. would, D. must, May → ?, A. might , B. could, C. must, D. will, Must / have to → ?, A. must, B. could, C. had to , D. could, Which tense does NOT change?, A. Past Perfect , B. Present Simple, C. Future Simple, D. Present Continuous, “today” → ?, A. yesterday, B. that day , C. tomorrow, D. before, “tomorrow” → ?, A. next day, B. the following day , C. that day, D. before, “yesterday” → ?, A. the next day, B. the day before , C. that day, D. before, “here” → ?, A. this, B. then, C. that, D. there, “now” → ?, A. before, B. after, C. then , D. today, When do we change tenses?, A. Always, B. When reporting past speech , C. Never, D. Only in questions, What must we change besides tense?, A. Vocabulary only, B. Subject, object, time, place , C. Verb only, D. Nothing, What is the first step?, A. Change tense, B. Understand the sentence meaning , C. Change subject, D. Add “that”, Which is TRUE?, A. Reported speech uses quotation marks, B. Direct speech changes tense, C. Reported speech does NOT use quotation marks , D. Direct speech removes words, Which is NOT required?, A. Change tense, B. Change pronouns, C. Add quotation marks , D. Change time words, In reported WH-questions, we use:, A. if / whether, B. the same WH-word , C. no connector, D. because, Word order in reported WH-questions is:, A. Question order (auxiliary + subject), B. Statement order (subject + verb) , C. Inverted order, D. Random order, Choose the correct rule:, A. Keep question form, B. Use auxiliary “do/does/did”, C. Change to statement form , D. Keep “?”, Which is TRUE about WH-questions in reported speech?, A. Keep question mark, B. Use “that”, C. No question mark and normal sentence order , D. Always use “if”, In reported Yes/No questions, we use:, A. what, B. if / whether , C. that, D. because, Word order in reported Yes/No questions is:, A. Question order, B. Statement order , C. Inversion, D. Auxiliary first, After the lesson, the teacher asked me ________ the assignment, even though she had reminded us about it the day before., A. why hadn’t I finished, B. why I hadn’t finished , C. why didn’t I finish, D. why I didn’t finish, During the interview, she asked the candidate ________ English and how long he had been studying it., A. where did he learn, B. where he learned, C. where he had learned , D. where had he learned, The manager asked the staff ________ to complete the project on time, as the deadline was approaching quickly., A. whether were they able, B. whether they were able , C. whether they are able, D. whether did they able, My parents asked me ________ the door before leaving the house, because there had been several robberies in the neighborhood recently., A. if had I locked, B. if I locked, C. if I had locked , D. if did I lock.

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