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 ______________________________________________________
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______________________________________
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.
3. “Why did you go out last night?”
She asked me why I had gone out the previous 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 I was going to do at the weekend.
7. “Where will you live after graduation?”
She asked me _where I would live after graduation.
8. “What were you doing when I saw you?”
She asked me what I had been doing when she saw 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 I 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 tonight.
16. “Will you come later?”
She asked me _I would come later.
17. “Do you like coffee?”
She asked me if I liked coffee.
18. “Is this the road to the station?”
She asked me _if that was the road 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 I had studied reported speech before.
