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A CAPS Grade 6 English worksheet on direct and reported speech (Grammar). 15 questions in three sections that rise in difficulty, 31 marks in all.
Grammar · CAPS Grade 6
Circle or write the correct answer.
Which sentence is written in direct speech?
True or false: Reported speech does not use quotation marks.
Complete the reported speech with one word.
Lerato said she was cold.
Match each word or phrase in direct speech to the word or phrase that replaces it in reported speech.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Read each question carefully, then write your answer.
Thandi said, “I am hungry.” Which sentence gives these words in reported speech?
Change to reported speech. Zodwa said, “I am reading a book.”
Write each verb as it changes when the speech is reported.
| Direct speech | Reported speech |
|---|---|
| is walking | |
| will come | |
| can help | |
| has finished |
Mrs Khumalo asked Sipho, “Where do you live?” Which sentence gives these words in reported speech?
Change to reported speech. The teacher said to the class, “Open your books.”
Rewrite with the correct punctuation. mum asked have you finished your homework
Think carefully and write full answers.
Change to reported speech. Naledi said to Thabo, “I will bring my bicycle to school tomorrow.”
Change to reported speech. The coach asked the team, “Are you ready for the match tomorrow?”
True or false: Mpho said, “I have lost my key.” The correct reported speech is Mpho said that he had lost his key.
Write this in direct speech with the correct punctuation. Mrs Dlamini asked the learners whether they were ready.
Total 31 marks
Grammar · CAPS Grade 6 · 31 marks
| Q | Answer | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | B. “I am tired,” said Thabo. | 1 |
| 2 | True | 1 |
| 3 | Lerato said that she was cold.Accept that only. | 1 |
| 4 | 1 → B now = then 2 → A tomorrow = the next day 3 → D last week = the week before 4 → C this = that | 4 |
| 5 | C. Mum said, “Supper is ready.” | 1 |
| Q | Answer | Marks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | B. Thandi said that she was hungry. | 1 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Zodwa said that she was reading a book.1 mark for she (the pronoun changes). 1 mark for was reading (the verb moves back one tense). That is optional. | 2 | ||||||||||
| 8 |
| 4 | ||||||||||
| 9 | D. Mrs Khumalo asked Sipho where he lived. | 1 | ||||||||||
| 10 | The teacher told the class to open their books.1 mark for told (or asked) the class to open. 1 mark for their. | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Mum asked, “Have you finished your homework?”1 mark for the capital letters (Mum, Have). 1 mark for the comma and the opening and closing quotation marks. 1 mark for the question mark inside the closing quotation marks. | 3 |
| Q | Answer | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Naledi told Thabo that she would bring her bicycle to school the next day.1 mark for she and her. 1 mark for would bring. 1 mark for the next day or the following day. Accept said to Thabo that. | 3 |
| 13 | The coach asked the team if they were ready for the match the next day.1 mark for if or whether, with no question mark. 1 mark for they were ready. 1 mark for the next day or the following day. | 3 |
| 14 | True | 1 |
| 15 | Mrs Dlamini asked the learners, “Are you ready?”1 mark for Are you ready (you and the question word order). 1 mark for the comma and the quotation marks. 1 mark for the question mark inside the closing quotation marks. Also accept: “Are you ready?” Mrs Dlamini asked the learners. | 3 |
Total 31 marks
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