He said to me, "Can I use your phone?"
Choose the most appropriate indirect speech.
Use asked + if and change 'can' to 'could'.
The teacher said, "It is time we went to work."
Choose the most appropriate indirect speech.
Backshift 'is' to 'was' while retaining the appropriate construction.
They said, "Good morning, sir!"
Choose the most appropriate indirect speech.
A greeting can be reported using 'greeted'.
She said to me, "My father went to your house yesterday."
Choose the most appropriate indirect speech.
Change 'said to' to 'told', shift the tense, pronouns and time expression.
You said to him, "Why did you call me names yesterday?"
Choose the most appropriate indirect speech.
Use asked + question word and change the past tense to past perfect.
The wind blew, the rain fell, and the lightning flashed.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Use commas to separate items in a series of independent clauses.
Punishment brings wisdom
Choose the punctuation mark indicated by the blank in the source question.
The answer key in the source marks option D.
He had no worries; his pension was adequate, and there was a little money saved up besides.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Use a semicolon between the main independent clauses and commas within the coordinated clause.
Choose the wrong one.
Choose the sentence with incorrect punctuation.
The contraction 'it's' needs an apostrophe.
My father is Chairman of the Committee on Internal Relations. He also heads the Discipline Committee.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Two complete sentences are correctly separated by a full stop.
After breaking the glass, Ruby said: "Please don't tell on me."
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Use a comma after the introductory phrase and a colon before the quoted words.
He asked, "Is your brother home?"
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Use a comma before the quotation and keep the question mark inside the quotation.
The teacher asked, "Did you complete your homework?"
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Capitalize the first word of the quotation and keep the question mark inside the quotation.
Dr. Umer has reached; Dr. Jamal has not.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
A semicolon separates the two closely related independent clauses.
Let's meet at Sarah's house after school.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Use apostrophes in 'Let's' and 'Sarah's'.
We visited Istanbul, Turkey, and Kowloon, Hong Kong last summer.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Use commas to separate city and country/region names and items in the list.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Choose the correct punctuation.
Use a semicolon between two closely related independent clauses.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Choose the correct possessive form.
Use the singular possessive form for one cat.
He did his best; that was all anyone could do in any job.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
A semicolon can join two closely related independent clauses.
He had one motto, "serving humanity."
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
A colon introduces an explanation or specification after 'motto'.
