Shifting Location: Changing Place Words in Reported Speech Quiz

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1. In reported speech, the place word "there" often stays the same.

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There already shows distance, so it often does not need to change.

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Shifting Location: Changing Place Words In Reported Speech Quiz - Quiz

How do you handle location when reporting what someone said? This quiz focuses entirely on the place word changes quiz rules. You'll practice changing words that indicate location, like "this" to "that" or "these" to "those," to match the reporting perspective.

2. When checking a reported-speech sentence for place word accuracy, what should you do first?

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Checking here, this, and these helps you decide if they need to shift to there, that, or those.

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3. Direct: "We will stay here in this hotel," they said. Which reported sentence is best?

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Here becomes there and this hotel becomes that hotel, and will stay becomes would stay.

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4. In reported speech, this and these often change to that and those.

Explanation

We use that and those to show more distance when reporting someone else's words.

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5. Why do we usually change here to there in reported speech?

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Reported speech shows the place from the reporter's point of view, which is often different from the original speaker's.

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6. Direct: "These mountains are huge," he said. Reported: He said that __________ mountains were huge.

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These usually becomes those when we report speech from another place.

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7. Direct: "This cafe is my favorite," she said. Reported: She said that __________ cafe was her favorite.

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This usually becomes that to show distance from the reporter.

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8. Which reported sentences use place words incorrectly?

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In B here should change to there, not then, and in D these should change to those.

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9. Which pairs show correct changes of place words in reported speech?

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A, B, C, and D correctly use there, that, and those to replace here, this, and these.

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10. The place word "here" must always change to "there" in reported speech.

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Here usually changes to there, but it can stay here if the place has not changed.

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11. In reported speech, what usually happens to the place word "here"?

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We often change here to there to show the place from the reporter's point of view.

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12. Direct: "These streets are busy," she said. Which reported sentence is correct?

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These changes to those and are becomes were in reported speech.

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13. Direct: "I like this place," he said. Which reported sentence is correct?

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This place becomes that place to show distance from the reporter's point of view.

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14. Direct: "I am working here," she said. Reported: She said that she was working __________.

Explanation

In reported speech, here often changes to there to match the reporter's location.

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15. Direct: "We will meet here," he said. Reported: He said that they would meet __________.

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Here usually becomes there when someone else reports the sentence later.

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16. Which place word changes are NOT standard in reported speech?

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Here does not normally change to then, and there usually stays there if the place does not change.

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17. Which place word changes are usually correct in reported speech?

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Here often becomes there, this becomes that, and these becomes those when reported from another place.

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18. Sometimes the word "here" does not change in reported speech if the speaker and reporter are in the same place.

Explanation

If the place has not changed, here can stay the same.

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19. Direct: "We are staying here," they said. Reported: They said that they were staying there. This is correct.

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Here correctly changes to there and are staying becomes were staying.

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20. Direct: "I live here," she said. Which reported sentence is correct?

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Live changes to lived and here changes to there when reported later.

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In reported speech, the place word "there" often stays the same.
When checking a reported-speech sentence for place word accuracy, what...
Direct: "We will stay here in this hotel," they said. Which reported...
In reported speech, this and these often change to that and those.
Why do we usually change here to there in reported speech?
Direct: "These mountains are huge," he said. Reported: He said that...
Direct: "This cafe is my favorite," she said. Reported: She said that...
Which reported sentences use place words incorrectly?
Which pairs show correct changes of place words in reported speech?
The place word "here" must always change to "there" in reported...
In reported speech, what usually happens to the place word...
Direct: "These streets are busy," she said. Which reported sentence is...
Direct: "I like this place," he said. Which reported sentence is...
Direct: "I am working here," she said. Reported: She said that she was...
Direct: "We will meet here," he said. Reported: He said that they...
Which place word changes are NOT standard in reported speech?
Which place word changes are usually correct in reported speech?
Sometimes the word "here" does not change in reported speech if the...
Direct: "We are staying here," they said. Reported: They said that...
Direct: "I live here," she said. Which reported sentence is correct?
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