Crossword puzzle : Direct and indirect speech in English

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Direct and indirect speech in English [B2] — VocaVerb

Think you know how to report what others say? This crossword will put your knowledge of direct and indirect speech to the test! From backshifted tenses to reporting verbs like claim, admit, or warn, challenge yourself to master one of English grammar’s most essential — and sometimes tricky — skills.

Horizontalement

  1. 1. To express words verbally
  2. 4. Continuing up to a point in time
  3. 4. Continuing until now
  4. 4. Continuing until now
  5. 7. Reporting verb for public declaration
  6. 9. Make sounds showing amusement
  7. 10. Reported form of an order or command
  8. 11. Reported emotional outburst or surprise
  9. 13. To change speech from direct to indirect
  10. 15. Prepared for an activity
  11. 16. Used to introduce reported information
  12. 17. To promise or assert very strongly
  13. 18. A grammatical unit in reported speech

Verticalement

  1. 2. In front or forward
  2. 3. A solemn promise made by a speaker
  3. 5. For repeated past actions
  4. 6. Reporting verb meaning proposed something
  5. 8. Reporting verb meaning verified something
  6. 10. Punctuation used to introduce a quote
  7. 12. Punctuation symbols around direct speech
  8. 14. Reporting verb meaning refused or rejected

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