Pi Leo Academy · Year 4 English

Grammar and sentences

15 questions and practical tasks · Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 · Level 4 · VC2E4LA12

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Question 1

direct and reported speech · support

Which sentence reports the speech instead of quoting exact words?

Maya said that she liked the story.
Maya said, "I like the story."
"Do you like the story?" asked Maya.
"I like the story," Maya said.

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Question 2

direct and reported speech · support

Which sentence contains direct speech?

According to Ben, the water was cold.
Ben described the cold water.
Ben said that the water was cold.
"The water is cold," said Ben.

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Question 3

direct and reported speech · core

Nora said, "I am tired." Which report keeps Nora as the tired person?

Nora said that we were tired.
Nora said that her friends were tired.
Nora said that she was tired.
Nora said that I was tired.

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Question 4

direct and reported speech · extension

Leo said to me, "Your bag is open." Which report preserves the meaning?

Leo told me that his bag was open.
Leo told me that her bag was open.
Leo told me that my bag was open.
Leo told me that their bag was open.

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Question 5

direct and reported speech · extension

The twins said, "We need help." Which report preserves who needs help?

The twins said that he needed help.
The twins said that I needed help.
The twins said that you needed help.
The twins said that they needed help.

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Question 6

direct and reported speech · core

On Monday, Ella said, "I will return tomorrow." In a later report, which day did Ella mean?

Tuesday
Wednesday
Monday
Sunday

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Question 7

direct and reported speech · core

On Friday, Max said, "I finished it yesterday." Which day did he mean?

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

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Question 8

direct and reported speech · extension

Which report keeps the meaning of: "Close the gate, please," Mum said to me?

Mum asked whether the gate was closed.
Mum said that she had closed the gate.
Mum asked me to close the gate.
Mum told me to open the gate.

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Question 9

direct and reported speech · extension

Which report keeps the meaning of: "Where is the torch?" Dad asked?

Dad said where the torch was.
Dad said the torch was lost.
Dad asked where the torch was.
Dad asked me to hide the torch.

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Question 10

direct and reported speech · extension

Which report keeps the meaning of: "Do you need help?" Ava asked me?

Ava told me that I needed help.
Ava asked me to help her.
Ava asked whether I needed help.
Ava said that she needed help.

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Question 11

direct and reported speech · core

Which direct quotation matches: Sam told us that he was ready?

Sam said, "Are you ready?"
Sam said, "We are late."
Sam said, "You are ready."
Sam said, "I am ready."

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Question 12

direct and reported speech · core

Which direct quotation matches: The guide asked us to stay on the path?

"Please stay on the path," said the guide.
"I stayed on the path," said the guide.
"Who built this path?" asked the guide.
"The path is narrow," said the guide.

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Question 13

direct and reported speech · core

Which word must change to preserve the speaker in this report: Amir said, "My shoes are wet." Amir said that ____ shoes were wet?

my
our
his
your

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Question 14

direct and reported speech · core

Which report avoids claiming to quote exact words?

The coach explained that practice would start at four.
The coach said, "Practice starts at four."
The coach announced, "Four o'clock is practice time."
"Practice starts at four," the coach said.

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Question 15

direct and reported speech · extension

Which report keeps the certainty of: "The museum is open," said the guide?

The guide hoped that the museum was open.
The guide said that the museum might be open.
The guide said that the museum was open.
The guide wondered whether the museum was open.

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Answers and review guidance

Open responses, handwriting and spoken tasks need adult review. The models are examples; different responses may meet the criteria.

Question 1

Answer: Maya said that she liked the story.

Reported speech tells what was said without putting the speaker's exact words inside quotation marks.

Question 2

Answer: "The water is cold," said Ben.

Direct speech gives Ben's exact words inside quotation marks.

Question 3

Answer: Nora said that she was tired.

I refers to Nora in her own speech. When someone else reports her words, she keeps Nora as the person described; the other options change who is tired.

Question 4

Answer: Leo told me that my bag was open.

Your means the bag of the person Leo was addressing. When that person reports it, the bag becomes my bag.

Question 5

Answer: The twins said that they needed help.

We refers to both twins. They preserves that plural reference in the report.

Question 6

Answer: Tuesday

Tomorrow means the day after the day of speaking. The day after Monday is Tuesday.

Question 7

Answer: Thursday

Yesterday refers to the day before the speech. The day before Friday is Thursday.

Question 8

Answer: Mum asked me to close the gate.

The original is a request for me to do something. Asked me to close reports that request.

Question 9

Answer: Dad asked where the torch was.

Asked where the torch was reports the question without adding an answer or a new instruction.

Question 10

Answer: Ava asked whether I needed help.

Whether reports the yes-or-no question. I refers to the person Ava addressed.

Question 11

Answer: Sam said, "I am ready."

Sam refers to himself with I. The report uses he to refer to the same speaker.

Question 12

Answer: "Please stay on the path," said the guide.

Please stay is a request to the group, matching asked us to stay.

Question 13

Answer: his

My refers to Amir's own shoes. His keeps that ownership when someone else reports his words.

Question 14

Answer: The coach explained that practice would start at four.

Explained that introduces reported speech. The other sentences present exact spoken words in quotation marks.

Question 15

Answer: The guide said that the museum was open.

Said that preserves the original statement. Wondered, might and hoped introduce uncertainty that the quotation does not contain.