31. “Which book did you take?” asked Tom.
……Tom asked which book I had taken…………………………………
32. “When are you coming back?” I asked her.
…………I asked her when she was coming back……………………………
33. “When did you telephone your mother?” asked Mary.
………Mary asked when I had phoned my mother………………………………
34. “How long does the train take?” asked Ann.
………Ann asked how long the train took………………………………
35. “How far do I have to walk?” she asked.
…………She asked how far I had to walk……………………………
36. “What are you doing?” he asked.
……………He asked what I was doing…………………………

“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.

Change these statements into reported speech

1. "When are you coming back?" I asked her.

=>i asked her when she was coming back

2. "When did you telephone your mother?" I asked Mary

=>I asked Mary when she had telephoned her mother(cau nay mk thay phone hop ly hon)

3. "How far do i have to walk?" She asked.

=>She asked how far she had to walk

4. "What are you doing?" He asked.

=>He asked me what i was doing

5. "Why are you so late?" The teacher asked him.

=>The teacher asked him why he was so late

6. I asked the doctor, "How many times a day should i take the medicine?"

7. "What time does the plane arrive?" We asked.

=>We asked what time the plane arrived

8. "Why didn't you phone?" My father asked me.

=>My father asked me why i hadn't phoned

9. "Where did you stay in Paris?" He asked her.

=>He asked her where she had stayed in Paris

10. "Who did you see at the meeting?" My father asked me.

=>My father asked me who i had seen at the meeting

11. "Where are you going?" I asked her.

=>I asked her where she was going

12. "How are you?" He asked me.

=>He asked me how i was

13. "How did you go to school?" She asked.

=>She asked me how i had gone to school

Bill said how can I get from the station to the airport?

I asked them when are you coming back?

Anh said how long have you been here?

Ann asked what did you study?

Change these questions into reported speech.

1. Jack asked me where my school was.

2. Emily asked her mom what she came home the day before.

3. I asked how Kim went to work every day.

4. Tim's teacher asked him why he had been absent the previous week.

5. Jolie asked me what I was doing when she called me.

6. Bill asked his wife when she would go shopping that week.

7. His dad asked how much that watch cost.

8. Nancy asked her assisant how many contracts they had signed so far.

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.

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.

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