Direct and Indirect Speech Online Test

Monica said, “I will watch a horror movie tonight”.
Monica said that she would watch a horror movie that night.
Use conjunction ‘that’, change pronoun ‘I’ into ‘she’, and ‘tonight’ into ‘that night’.

The Colonel said to the soldier, “next month, you will be promoted.”
The Colonel told the soldier he would be promoted the following month.
Change ‘said to’ into ‘told, you into ‘he’, ‘next month’ into ‘the following month’.

Socrates said, “Virtue is its own reward.” (universal truth statements)
Socrates said that virtue is its own reward.
Use conjunction ‘that’. We don’t change the tense of the universal truth statements.

The boys are sure to say, “We are going by ourselves.”
The boys will say that they were going by themselves.
Use conjunction ‘that’. Change ‘we’ into ‘they’.

He said to his friends, “let us go out.”
He proposed to his friends that they should go out.
Change ‘said to’ into ‘proposed to’, ‘us’ into ‘they’.

“Are you alone, my son?” asked a soft voice close behind me.
A soft voice behind me asked If I was alone.

“How cruel the boss is!” said the clerk.
The clerk exclaimed that the boss was very cruel.

His father ordered him to go to his room and study.
His father said, “go to your room and study.”

He said, “Please give me another chance”.
He requested that another chance should be given to him.
Change pronoun ‘me’ into ‘him’. Use’ requested’.

“Why are you looking through the keyhole?” I said.
I asked him why he was looking through the keyhole.