“Which book did you take?” asked Tom.

=> I asked Tom which book he had taken.
“When are you coming back?” I asked her.

=> I asked her when she were coming back
“When did you telephone your mother?” asked Mary.

=>I asked Mary when she had telephoned her mother.
“How long does the train take?” asked Ann.

=> I asked Ann how long the train took.
“How far do I have to walk?” she asked.

=>She asked me how far she had to walk.
“What are you doing?” he asked.

=>He asked me what I was doing.
“Why are you so late?” the teacher asked him.

=>The teacher asked him why he was so late
I asked the doctor, “How many times a day should I take the medicine?”

=>I asked the doctor how many times a day I should take the medicine.
“What time does the plane arrive?” we asked.

=>We asked what time the plane arrived.
“Why didn’t you phone?” my father asked me.

=>My father asked me why I hadn't phoned.
“Where did you stay in Paris?” he asked her.

=>He asked her where she had stay in Paris
“Who did you see at the meeting?” my father asked me.

=>My father asked me who I had seen at the meeting.
“Where are you going?” I asked her.

=>I asked her where she was going
“How are you?” he asked me.

=>He asked me how I was.
“How did you go to school?” she asked.

=>She asked how I had gone to school.

1. " Are you hungry, Tom ?" she asks
She asked...Tom if he was hungry........................................
2. " Will she come on time?"
I asked...............she if she would come on time................................ 3. " Have you been here before?"
He asked me..........if I had been there before....................
4. "Can you speak any foreign languages?" Henry asked her
Henry wanted to know......whether she could speak eny foreign languages.............................
5. Sue asked, "Do you know my new address, Mike?"
Sue asked.................Mike if she knew her new address........................... 6. " Does your mother live in Hanoi?" Loan asks
Loan asked me.........if my mother lived in Hanoi..........................
7. " Do you know who will come to the meeting today?"
She asked me..........if I knew who would come to the meeting that day...........................
8. " Can you read without your glasses?"
He asked his grandma....if she could meet without her glasses.....................
9. " Is she leaving for Hanoi?"
I asked him..........if she was leaving for Hanoi................................
10. " Did i lock the door yesterday?" said Mary
Mary wondered..........whether she had locked the door the previous day.............................

I. Put the following sentences into Reported Speech

1. Have you seen this film before? He asked me

He asked me if i had seen that film before

2. Is your school near here? She said

She asked if my school was near there

3. Tom asked his friend, Do you go to school by bus

Tom asked his friend if he went to school by bus

4. I asked Mary: Can you use a computer?

I asked Mary if i could use a computer

5. Mr. Ba said: Does your father live here?

Mr. Ba asked if my father lived there

6. Have you ever seen a tiger? He asked me

He asked me if i had seen a tiger

7. Did you study hard for the exam? She asked

She asked if i had studied hard for the exam

8. He asked me, Do you like these trousers?

He asked me if i liked these trousers

9. Marry asked me, Will you go to school next week?

Marry asked me if i would go to school the following week

10. What's weather like? She asked me

She asked me What weather was like

11. How can I solve the problem? I wanted to know

I wanted to know How to solve the problem

12. What did you think of performance yesterday? She asked me

She asked me What i had thought of performance yesterday

13. Where is my umbrella? She asked

She asked Where my umbrella was

14. How are you? Martin asked us

Martin asked us how we were

15. He asked, Do I have to do it

He asked if he had to do it

1. I asked Tom which book he had taken.

2. I asked her when she was coming back.

3. I asked Mary when she had telephoned her mother.

4. I asked Ann how long the train took.

5. She asked me how far she had to walk.

6. He asked me what I was doing.

7. The teacher asked him why he was so late.

8. I asked the doctor how many times a day I should take the medicine.

9. We asked me what time the plane arrived.

10. My father asked me why I hadn't phoned.

11. He asked her where she had stayed in Paris.

12. My father asked me who I had seen at the meeting.

13. I asked her where she was coming.

14. He asked me how I was.

15. She asked me how I had gone to school.

“Which book did you take?” asked Tom.

=> I asked Tom which book he had taken.
“When are you coming back?” I asked her.

=> I asked her when she were coming back
“When did you telephone your mother?” asked Mary.

=>I asked Mary when she had telephoned her mother.
“How long does the train take?” asked Ann.

=> I asked Ann how long the train took.
“How far do I have to walk?” she asked.

=>She asked me how far she had to walk.
“What are you doing?” he asked.

=>He asked me what I was doing.
“Why are you so late?” the teacher asked him.

=>The teacher asked him why he was so late
I asked the doctor, “How many times a day should I take the medicine?”

=>I asked the doctor how many times a day I should take the medicine.
“What time does the plane arrive?” we asked.

=>We asked what time the plane arrived.
“Why didn’t you phone?” my father asked me.

=>My father asked me why I hadn't phoned.
“Where did you stay in Paris?” he asked her.

=>He asked her where she had stay in Paris
“Who did you see at the meeting?” my father asked me.

=>My father asked me who I had seen at the meeting.
“Where are you going?” I asked her.

=>I asked her where she was going
“How are you?” he asked me.

=>He asked me how I was.
“How did you go to school?” she asked.

=>She asked how I had gone to school.

1)"Are you crazy?" she asked him

-> She asked him........if he was crazy...................................

2)"Where did they live?" he asked

-> He wanted to know.........where they had lived.....................

3)"Will you be at the party?" he asked our

-> He asked our...........if we would be at the party.......................................

4)" Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me

-> She asked me..........if I could meet her at the station...............................................

5)"Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked

-> The teacher wanted to know........who knew the answer..........................

6)" Did you go to school yesterday?"

-> Hung asked Lan...........if she had gone to school the day before .............................

7) My friend said:"Will you read this book next week?"

-> My friend asked them.......if they would read that book the following week.........................................

8) The doctor said:" Who have you visited?"

-> The doctor asked Lisa........who she had visited...........................

1. He asked me why she hadn't eaten anything.

2. The boss asked me who had called while he had been out.

3. The teacher asked me why I were so late.

4. He asked me what she was wearing when I had seen her the day before.

5. Mai asked me what i would do if i had some days off school.

6. Tom asked me how i were that day.

7. She asked me how long i had learned English.

8. The mother asked her son where he had gone the night before.

9. He asked me what the weather was like in that day.

10. She asked me where Tom lived.

11. He asked me how many students were there in my school.

12. Lan asked me what i were doing at that time the day before.

Ex1:Wh-questions reported speech:

1:He asked "How long does it take you to have lunch?"'

>> He asked me how long it took me to have lunch.

2:He asked me"what are you doing at the weekend?"

>> He asked me What I was doing at the weekend.

3:She asked"Why are you late,Tom?"

>> She asked Tom Why he was late.

4:My mother asked"Where is your umbrella?"

>> My mother asked me Where my umbrella was.

5:The secretary asked"who do you want to see,sir?"

>> The secretary asked sir who he wanted to see.

6:The students asked"What time does the bell bring?"

>> The students asked what time the bell brought

7:He asked Tom"what kind ò films do you like watching?"

>> He asked Tom what kinds of film he liked watching.

8:The teacher asked the girl"When do you have to be come?"

>> The teacher asked the girl when she had to be come.

9:They always asked"Why don't you let my cat in?"

>> They always asked why I did not let their cat in

10:The pasengers asked"When did the last train leave?"

>> The pasengers asked When the last train left.

I. Put the following sentences into Reported Speech

1. What country do you come from? said Bill

Bill asked What country i came from

2. Where did you spend your holiday last summer? He said to her

He sasked her Where she had spent your holiday last summer

3. What are you going to study? He said to Mary

He asked Mary What she was going to study

4. What do you think of the canteen coffee? asked Peter

Peter asked What I thought of the canteen coffee

5. Where were you last night? He said to her

He asked her Where she had been the night before

6. Tom said to the girl, When did you have this picture taken?

Tom asked the girl When she had had this picture taken

7, He said to me, Are you a teacher?

He asked me if i was a teacher

8. Are you hungry now? She said to me

She asked me if i was hungry then

9. He said to me, do you understand it now?

He asked me if i understood it then

10. Did you pass the exam, John? The teacher asked

The teacher asked if jonh had passed the exam

11. Did you phone me yesterday? Tom asked Mary

Tom asked Mary if she had phoned him the previous day