EXERCISE 11: Reported Questions
Change these direct questions into reported speech:
1. “Where is he?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
2. “What are you doing?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
3. “Why did you go out last night?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
4. “Who was that beautiful woman?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
5. “How is your mother?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
6. “What are you going to do at the weekend?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
7. “Where will you live after graduation?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
8. “What were you doing when I saw you?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
9. “How was the journey?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
10. “How often do you go to the cinema?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
11. “Do you live in London?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
12. “Did he arrive on time?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
13. “Have you been to Paris?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
14. “Can you help me?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
15. “Are you working tonight?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
16. “Will you come later?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
17. “Do you like coffee?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
18. “Is this the road to the station?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
19. “Did you do your homework?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
20. “Have you studied reported speech before?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________
15 tonight -> that night
EXERCISE 11: Reported Questions
Change these direct questions into reported speech:
1. “Where is he?”
She asked me ___________where he was___________________________________________
2. “What are you doing?”
She asked me ______________what i was doing then________________________________________
3. “Why did you go out last night?”
She asked me _______why l had gone out the pervious night_______________________________________________
4. “Who was that beautiful woman?”
She asked me _____________who that beautiful woman had been_________________________________________
5. “How is your mother?”
She asked me _____________how my mother was_________________________________________
6. “What are you going to do at the weekend?”
She asked me ________________what l was doing to do at the weekend______________________________________
7. “Where will you live after graduation?”
She asked me ________________where l would live after graduation______________________________________
8. “What were you doing when I saw you?”
She asked me _______________what I had been doing when she had seen me_______________________________________
9. “How was the journey?”
She asked me ____________how the journey had been__________________________________________
10. “How often do you go to the cinema?”
She asked me ______________how often i went to the cinema________________________________________
11. “Do you live in London?”
She asked me _____________________if i lived in London_________________________________
12. “Did he arrive on time?”
She asked me __________if he had arrived on time____________________________________________
13. “Have you been to Paris?”
She asked me _____________if l had been to Paris_________________________________________
14. “Can you help me?”
She asked me ___________if I could help her___________________________________________
15. “Are you working tonight?”
She asked me ________________if I was working that night______________________________________
16. “Will you come later?”
She asked me ________________if l would come later______________________________________
17. “Do you like coffee?”
She asked me ____________if l liked coffee__________________________________________
18. “Is this the road to the station?”
She asked me _____________if that the road was to the station_________________________________________
19. “Did you do your homework?”
She asked me _______________if I had done my homework______________________________________
20. “Have you studied reported speech before?”
She asked me ________________if l had studied reported speech before______________________________________