B1 : 

1, Please sit down the teacher said to me 

--> The teacher asked me to sit down

2, I fell asleep because the film was boring

--> The film was so boring that i fell asleep

3, What are you doing ? she asked me

--> She wondered  what i was doing

4, I don't find it difficult to get up early in the morning

--> I am used to getting up early in the morning

5, They have given me 2 interesting books

--> I have been given 2 interesting books

6,No one in the group is younger than Mai 

--> Mai is the youngest in the group

7, Where are you going for your holidays ? I asked them 

--> I asked them where they were going for their holidays

8, The luggage is too heavy for her to carry

--> The luggage is so heavy that she can't carry

9, He is tired , so he couldn't score any goals

--> If he weren't tired, he could score some goals

10, I think it would be good idea to take the train 

--> I suggested taking the train

11, Why don't you go with me ? he asked me

-->He asked me why i didn't go with him

12, Lan often stayed up late when she was young 

-->Lan used to stay up late when she was young

13, Does it take you 3 hours to do this task ?

--> Do you spend 3 hours doing this task?

14, I can't buy this bike because I don't have enough money 

--> If I had enough money, i could buy this bike

15, I can't play basketball well because of my height

--> Because I am short, i can't play basketball

16, Learning English is interesting 

--> It is interesting to learn english

17, No one has answered the questions yet 

--> The question hasn't been answered yet

1. The teacher asked me to sit down.

2. The film was so boring that I fell asleep.

3. She wondered what I was doing.

4. I am used to getting up early in the morning.

5. I have been given two interesting books.

1. “What is your name ?” She asked me

__She asked me what my name was___________________________________________________

2. “What are you doing?” She asked me

__She asked me what I was doing____________________________________________________

3. “Why did you go out last night?” She asked me

___She asked me why I had gone out the night before___________________________________________________

4. “Who is the beautiful woman?” She asked me

__She asked me who was the beautiful woman ____________________________________________________

5. “How is your mother?” She asked me

___She asked me how my mother was___________________________________________________

6. “What are you going to do at the weekend?” She asked me

___She asked me what I was going to do do at the weekend ___________________________________________________

7. “Where will you live after graduation?” She asked me

_____She asked me where I would live after graduation _________________________________________________

8. “What are you doing now?” She asked me

____She asked me what I was doing then__________________________________________________

9. “How is the journey?” She asked me

___She asked me how the journey was___________________________________________________

10. “How often do you go to the cinema?” She asked me

__She asked me how often I went to the cinema____________________________________________________

11. “Do you live in London?” She asked me

__She asked me if I lived in London____________________________________________________

12. “Does he arrive on time?”

She asked me ___If he arrived on time___________________________________________________

13. “Have you been to Paris?” She asked me

___She asked me if I had been to Paris___________________________________________________

14. “Can you help me?” She asked me

__She asked me if I could help her____________________________________________________

15. “Are you working tonight?” She asked me

_She asked me if I was working that night_____________________________________________________

16. “Will you come later?” She asked me

__She asked me if I would come later____________________________________________________

17. “Do you like coffee?” She asked me

_She asked me if i liked coffee_____________________________________________________

18. “Is this the road to the station?” She asked me

She asked me if that was the road to the station ______________________________________________________

19. “Have you done 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

1. she asked her friend did she like her new clothes

2. he asked his wife Where were his keys

3. Mike asked me Who was my favourite singer

4.  Barbara asked him where he had been

5.  she asked her mother if she could pick her up after the school.

6. David asked Sarah if she had seen Kim.

7. Tom asked her when she would return

9.She asked her friend change into indirect
10. She asked me what I was doing
11. He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema
12.The teacher wanted to know who spoke English
14.Thu said that all the students would have a meeting the next week
 

1. “What is your name ?” She asked me what my name 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 is the beautiful woman?” She asked me who the beautiful woman was

5. “How is your mother?” She asked me how my mother is

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 are you doing now?” She asked me what i was doing then

9. “How is the journey?” She asked me how the journey was

10. “How often do you go to the cinema?” She asked me how often i went to the cinema

1. "what color are you going to paint the living room?" she asked them

she asked them what color they were going to paint the living room

2. "where đi you go last night?" his father asked him

his father asked him where he had gone the previous night

3. " why doesn't she talk to me any more?" he asked us

he asked us why she didn't talked to him any more

4. " what are you going to do with your scholarship?" Hang asked Huong

Hang asked Huong what she was going to do with her scholarship

5. " where are you going at this time?" he asked me

he asked me where i was going at that time

6. "Why are you late" they asked their guests

they asked their guests why they were late

7. " Which countries have you been to?" the customs officer asked me

the customs officer asked me Which countries i had been to

8." how many bedrooms are there in your house?" Sally asked me

Sally asked me how many bedrooms there were in my house

9." when do you want to move in?" Mrs. Mawby asked him

Mrs. Mawby asked him when he wanted to move in

10. "where is he now" she asked me

she asked me where he was then

11. " What are you doing" she asked me

she asked me what i was doing

12. "Why did you go out last night?" she asked him

she asked him why he had gone out the previous night

13. " who was that beautiful woman?" she asked me

she asked me who that beautiful woman had been

14. " how old is your mother" she asked me

she asked me how old my mother was

15. " what are you going to do at the weekend?" she asked me

she asked me what i was going to do at the weekend

16. " where will you live after graduation?" she asked me

she asked me where i would live after graduation

17." what were you doing when I saw you?" she asked me

she asked me what i was doing when she saw me

18. " How was the journey?" she asked me

she asked me how the journey had been

19. " how often do you go to the cinema?" she wanted to know

she wanted to know how often i went to the cinema

20. he asked her"when will you leave this place?"

he asked her when she would leave that place

21. we asked " what time does the plane arrive?

we asked what time the plane arrived

22. Mrr. She said " how do you go to the circus now?"'

She asked how i went to the circus then

1. "what color are you going to paint the living room?" she asked them

SHE ASKED THEM WHAT COLOR THEY WERE GOING TO PAINT THE LIVING ROOM.

2. "where đi you go last night?" his father asked him

HIS FATHER ASKED HIM WHERE HE HAD GONE THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.

3. " why doesn't she talk to me any more?" he asked us

Ee asked us why he didn't talk to him ANY MORE

4. " what are you going to do with your scholarship?" Hang asked Huong

HANG ASKED HUONG WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO WITH HER SCHOLARSHIP.

5. " where are you going at this time?" he asked me

HE ASKED ME WHERE I WAS GOING AT THAT TIME.

6. "Why are you late" they asked their guests

THEY ASKED THEIR GUESTS WHY THEY WERE LATE.

7. " Which countries have you been to?" the customs officer asked me

THE CUSTOMS OFFICE ASKED ME WHICH COUNTRIES I HAD BEEN TO.

8." how many bedrooms are there in your house?" Sally asked me

SALLY ASKED ME HOW MANY BEDROOMS THERE WERE IN MY HOUSE.

9." when do you want to move in?" Mrs. Mawby asked him

MRS MAWBY ASKED HIM WHEN I WANTED TO MOVE IN

10. "where is he now" she asked me

SHE ASKED ME WHERE HE WAS THEN.

11. " What are you doing" she asked me

SHE ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING.

12. "Why did you go out last night?" she asked him

SHE ASKED HIM WHY HE HAD GONE OUT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.

13. " who was that beautiful woman?" she asked me

SHE ASKED ME WHO THAT BEAUTIFUL WOMEN HAD BEEN.

14. " how old is your mother" she asked me

SHE ASKED ME HOW OLD MY FATHER WAS.

15. " what are you going to do at the weekend?" she asked me

SHE ASKED ME WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO AT THE WEEKEND.

16. " where will you live after graduation?" she asked me

SGHE ASKED ME WHERE I WOULD LIVE AFTER GRADUATION.

17." what were you doing when I saw you?" she asked me

SHE ASKED ME WHERE I HAD BEEN DOING WHEN SHE HAD SEEN ME.

18. " How was the journey?" she asked me

SHE ASKED ME HOW THE JOURNEY HAD BEEN

19. " how often do you go to the cinema?" she wanted to know

SHE WANTED TO KNOW HOW OFTEN I WENT TO THE CINEMA.

20. he asked her"when will you leave this place?"

HE ASKED HER WHERE I WOULD LEAVE THAT PLACE.

21. we asked " what time does the plane arrive?

WE ASKED WHAT TIME THE PLANE ARRIVED.

22. Mrr. She said " how do you go to the circus now?"

MRS. SHE ASKED ME HOW I WENT TO THE CIRCUS THEN.

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.

 100. “How are you?” Martin asked us

Martin asked us  how we were.

101. He asked, “ Do I have to do it?”

He asked if he had to do  it.

102. “Where have you been?” the mother asked her daughter 

The mother  asked her daughter where she had been.

103. “What are they doing?” she asked

She asked what they were doing.

104. “Which dress do you like best?” she asked her boyfriend

She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best.

105. “How do you know that?” she asked me

She asked me  how I knew that.

106. “Where did you go yesterday?” she asked me

She asked me where I had gone the previous day.

107. They asked , “ How can you repair this this machine, John?”

 They asked John how he could  repair that machine.

108. “Why did the dog bark violently last night?” John asked Peter

John asked Peter why the dog had barked violently  the previous night.

109. He asked me, “How long does it take to get to London?”

He asked me how long it took to get to London.

110. They asked,” Where is your school?”

They asked where my school was.

111. He asked me, “ Why did you come to class yesterday?”

He asked me  why I had come to class the previous day.

112. He said to me, “ What time is it?”

He asked to me what time it was.

113. Peter said, “ How old are you now?”

 Peter asked how old I was then.

114. The police asked him, “ Where were you last month?”

The police asked him where he had been the previous month.

115. “When did you come here?” she asked me

She asked me when I had  come there.

116.She said, “ I went to the cinema yesterday.”

She said that she had gone to the cinema yesterday.

117. He said , “ I am writing a test tomorrow.”

He said that  he was writing a test the following day.

118. They said: “ we want to assist us today.”

They said that they wanted to assist them today.

119. John said, “I have finished studying my lesson.”

John said that he had finished studying his lesson.

120. “I spoke to her yesterday.” He said

He said that he had  spoken to her the following day.

121. “My mother died of cancer in 1985,” Tom said to me

Tom said to me that  his mother had died of cancer in 1985.

122. They said, “we were in London last week.”

They said that they  had been in London last week.

123. They said, “ We have never been here before.”

They  said that they had never been there before.

124. “I worked for a bank in KG”, he said

He  said that he had worked for a bank in KG.

125. “I was watching TV at 8:00 last night.” She said

She said that she  had been watching TV at 8:00 the previous night.

126. You said, “ I will do this for him.”

You said that you would do that for him.

127. “I will apply for my visa tomorrow,” she said

She said that she would apply for my visa the following day.

128. She said, “ I am not hungry now.”

She said that she was not hungry then.

129. He said , “ I will have finished this paper by tomorrow.”

He said that he would have finished that paper by the following day.

130. “I will come back tomorrow” he said

He said that he would come back the following day.

131. She said to me, “ I like your dress.”

She said to me that she liked my dress.

132. “I am here for a short holiday,” she said

She said that she was there  for a short holiday.

133. “I am going to New York tomorrow.” She said

She said that she was going to New York the following day.

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Change these direct questions into reported speech:

1. " Where is he ? " She asked me =>She asked me where he was............................................................................

2. " What are you doing now, Hoa ? " She asked =>She asked Hoa what Hoa was doing then...............................................................

4. " Who was that beautiful woman ? " She asked =>She asked me who thay beautiful woman had been .............................................................

5. " How is your mother, Lan ? " She asked =>She asked Lan how Lan's mother was....................................................................

6. " What are you going to do at the weekend ? " She asked =>She asked me what l was doing to do at the weekend ................................................

7. " Where will you live after graduation ? " She asked =>She asked me where l would live after graduation ..........................................................

8. " What were you doing at 8.00 yesterday ? " She asked =>She asked me what l had done at 8.00 the day before ......................................................

9. " How was the journey ? " She asked =>She asked me how the journey had been ...............................................................................

11. " Do you live in London, John ? " She asked =>She asked me if l lived in London...................................................................

12. " Did he arrive on time ? " She asked =>She asked me if he had arrived on time................................................................................

13. " Have you been to Paris ? " She asked =>She asked me if l had been to Paris.............................................................................

14. " Are you working tonight ? " She asked =>She asked me if l was doing that night ............................................................................

15. " Will you come later ? " She asked =>She asked me if l would come later............................................................................

16. " Do you like coffee ? " She asked =>She asked me if l liked coffee ............................................................................

17. " Is this the road to the station ? " She asked =>She asked me if that the road was to the station .............................................................................

18. " Do you do your homework everyday ? " She asked =>She asked me if l did my homework every day ............................................................................

19. " Have you studied reported speech before ? " She asked =>She asked me if l had studied reported speech before ............................................................................

20. " What are you going to do on Sunday next week ? " My teacher asked

=>My teacher asked me what l was going to do on Sunday the previous week.

Change these direct questions into reported speech:

1. " Where is he ? " She asked me =>She asked me where he was.

2. " What are you doing now, Hoa ? " She asked =>She asked Hoa what Hoa was doing then.

3. " Why did you go out last night ? " She asked =>She asked me why l had gone out the pervious night.

4. " Who was that beautiful woman ? " She asked =>She asked me who thay beautiful woman had been.

5. " How is your mother, Lan ? " She asked =>She asked Lan how Lan's mother was.

6. " What are you going to do at the weekend ? " She asked =>She asked me what l was doing to do at the weekend.

7. " Where will you live after graduation ? " She asked =>She asked me where l would live after graduation.

8. " What were you doing at 8.00 yesterday ? " She asked =>She asked me what l had done at 8.00 the day before.

9. " How was the journey ? " She asked =>She asked me how the journey had been .

10. " How often do you go to the cinema ? " She asked =>She asked me how often l went to tue cinema.

11. " Do you live in London, John ? " She asked =>She asked me if l lived in London.

12. " Did he arrive on time ? " She asked =>She asked me if he had arrived on time.

13. " Have you been to Paris ? " She asked =>She asked me if l had been to Paris.

14. " Are you working tonight ? " She asked =>She asked me if l was doing that night.

15. " Will you come later ? " She asked =>She asked me if l would come later.

16. " Do you like coffee ? " She asked =>She asked me if l liked coffee.

17. " Is this the road to the station ? " She asked =>She asked me if that the road was to the station.

18. " Do you do your homework everyday ? " She asked =>She asked me if l did my homework every day.

19. " Have you studied reported speech before ? " She asked =>She asked me if l had studied reported speech before.

20. " What are you going to do on Sunday next week ? " My teacher asked

=>My teacher asked me what l was going to do on Sunday the previous week.