True or false about reported speech

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A direct quotation keeps the original wording.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   An indirect quotation takes quotation marks.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The conjunction that is often omitted.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   A present tense stays present after a past verb.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A universal truth keeps the present tense.

6. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A that clause can become an infinitive clause.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Explanation