TURN INTO REPORTED SPEECH :WH-QUESTION.

1. She said to me "What your name".

\(\Rightarrow\) She asked me what my name was.

2. She asked him "when do you leave this place ".

\(\Rightarrow\) She asked him when he left that place.

3. He asked me "what time did you go to bed last night ?"

\(\Rightarrow\) He asked me what time I had gone to bed the previous night.

4. "How many classes are there in your school ?"my mother asked.

\(\Rightarrow\) My mother asked me how many classes there were in my school.

5. She said "How do you go to the market ?"

\(\Rightarrow\) She asked me how I went to the market.

6. They asked me "what were you doing at 7 o'clock yesterday when I called you ?"

\(\Rightarrow\) They asked me what I was doing at 7 o'clock the previous day when they called me.

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

\(\Rightarrow\) We asked me what time the plane arrived.

8. "Why did they leave without saying a work ?" she said to me.

\(\Rightarrow\) She asked me why they had left without saying a word.

9."What will yo do when you grow up, John ?"The teacher asked.

\(\Rightarrow\) The teacher asked John what he would do when he grew up.

Good luck!

1.She asked me what my name was 2.She asked him when he left that place 3.He asked me what time i had gone to bed the previous night 4.My mother asked me how many classes there were in my school 5.She asked me how i went to the market 6.They asked me what i was doing at 7 o'clock the previous day when they called me 7.We asked him what time the plane arrived 8.She asked me why they had left without saying a word 9.The teacher asked John what he would do when he grew up

Ex1:Change these statements into reported speech:
1:"How are you?"Martin asked us
Martin asked us how we were
2:He asked"Do I have to do it?"
He asked if he had to do it
3:"Where have you been?"the mother asked her daughter
The mother asked her daughter where she had been
4:Which dress do you like best?"she asked her boyfriend
The asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best
5:"What are they doing?"she asked
She wanted to know what they were doing
7:The teacher asked"Who speaks English?"
The teacher wanted to know who spoke english
8:"How do you know that?" she asked me
She asked me how i knew that
9:"Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me
My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin
10:"What's the time?" he asked
He wanted to know what the time was
11:"When will we meet again?"she asked me
She asked me when we would meet again
12:"Are you crazy?"She asked him
She asked him if he was crazy
13:"Where did they live?"he asked
He wanted to know where they lived
14:"Will you be at the party?" he asked her
He asked me if i would be at the party
15:"Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me
She asked me if i could meet her at the station
16:"Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked
The teacher wanted to know who knew the answer
17:"Why don't you help me?" she asked him
She asked him why he didn't help her
18:"Did you see that car?"he asked me
He asked me if i had seen that car
19:"Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins
The mother asked the twins if they had tidied up their room
20:"Stop talking,Joe" the teacher said
The teacher told Joe to stop talking
21:"Be patient,"she said to him
She told him to be patient
22:"Go to your room" her father said to her
Her father told her to go to her room
23:"Hurry up" she said to us
She told us to hurry up

Ex1:Change these statements into reported speech:
1:"How are you?"Martin asked us

Martin asked us how we were
2:He asked"Do I have to do it?"

he asked if he had to do it
3:"Where have you been?"the mother asked her daughter
The mother asked her daughter where she had been
4:Which dress do you like best?"she asked her boyfriend
The asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best
5:"What are they doing?"she asked
She wanted to know what they were doing
7:The teacher asked"Who speaks English?"
The teacher wanted to know who spoke english
8:"How do you know that?" she asked me
She asked me how i knew that
9:"Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me
My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin
10:"What's the time?" he asked
He wanted to know what the time was
11:"When will we meet again?"she asked me
She asked me when we would meet again
12:"Are you crazy?"She asked him
She asked him if he was crazy
13:"Where did they live?"he asked
He wanted to know where they lived
14:"Will you be at the party?" he asked her
He asked me if i would be at the party
15:"Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me
She asked me if i could meet her at the station
16:"Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked
The teacher wanted to know who knew the answer
17:"Why don't you help me?" she asked him
She asked him why he didn't help her
18:"Did you see that car?"he asked me
He asked me if i had seen that car
19:"Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins
The mother asked the twins if they had tidied up their room
20:"Stop talking,Joe" the teacher said
The teacher told Joe to stop talking
21:"Be patient,"she said to him
She told him to be patient
22:"Go to your room" her father said to her
Her father told her to go to her room
23:"Hurry up" she said to us
She told us to hurry up

hok tốt

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.

She asked where her umbrella was

Martin asked us how we were

He asked if he had to do it

The mother asked her daughter where she had been

She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best

She wanted to know what they were doing

He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema

The teacher wanted to know who spoke English

She asked me how I knew that

My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin

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.

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.

Exercise 1:Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns and tenses.

1.      "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.

→ She asked me where her umbrella was

2.      "How are you?" Martin asked us.

→ Martin asked us how we were

3.      He asked, "Do I have to do it?"

→ He asked me if he had to do it

4.      "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.

→ The mother asked her daughter where she had been

5.      "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.

→ She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best

6.      "What are they doing?" she asked.

→ She wanted to know what they were doing

7.      "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.

→ He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema

8.      The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"

→ The teacher wanted to know who spoke English

9.      "How do you know that?" she asked me.

→ She asked me how I knew that

10.  "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.

→ My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns and tenses.

"What's the time?" he asked.

→ He wanted to know what the time was

"When will we meet again?" she asked me.

→ She asked me when we would meet again

"Are you crazy?" she asked him.

→ She asked him if he was crazy

"Where did they live?" he asked.

→ He wanted to know where they had lived

"Will you be at the party?" he asked her.

→ He asked her if she will be at the party

"Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me.

→ She asked me if I could meet her at the station

"Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked.

→ The teacher wanted to know who knew the answer

"Why don't you help me?" she asked him.

→ She wanted to know why he didn't help her

"Did you see that car?" he asked me.

→ He asked me if I had seen that car

"Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins.

→ The mother asked the twins if they had tidied their toom

EXERCISES 3: (REPORTED SPEECH: YES/NO QUESTIONS)

1. “Do you enjoy reading?” Phong asked Peter

….………………Phong asked Peter if he enjoyed reading…………………………………………………………….

2. “Does she like sports?” Hoa asked Lan

…..………………Hoa asked Lan if she liked sports…………………………………………………………….

3. “Do your sister and brother go to the same school?” She asked Nam

………………She asked Nam if his sister and brother went to the same school…………………………………………………………………………………………….

4. “Are there some oranges in the fridge?” She asked her mom

………………She asked her mom if there were some oranges in the fridge……………………….……………………………………………………………………

5. “Will it rain tomorrow morning?” He asked his friend

…………He asked his friend if it would rain the day after morning………………………………..…………………………………………………………………

6. “Did you go to Hue three years ago?” Tam asked Peter

…………Tam asked Peter if he had gone to Hue 3 years before……………………………..……………………………………………………………………

7. “Are Tam and Hoa late for class?” Tuan asked Lan

…………Tuan asked Lan if Tam and Hoa were late for class…………………………………………………………………………………………………

8. She said to me “Can you speak Chinese?”

………She asked me if I could speak Chinese……………………………..………………………………………………………………………

9. “Will she be here for five days?” Tam asked Thu

…………Tam asked Thu if she would be there for 8 days………………………………………..…………………………………………………………

10. “Were you reading this book at 8 o’clock last Sunday?” She asked Ba

She asked Ba if he had been reading his book at 8 o'clock the Sunday before

1.      "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.

→ She asked where her umnrella was

2.      "How are you?" Martin asked us.

→ Martin asked us how we were

3.      He asked, "Do I have to do it?"

→ He asked if he had to do it

4.      "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.

→ The mother asked her daughter where she had been

5.      "Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.

→ She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best

6.      "What are they doing?" she asked.

→ She wanted to know what they were doing

7.      "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.

→ He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema

8.      The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"

→ The teacher wanted to know who spoke E

9.      "How do you know that?" she asked me.

→ She asked me How I did that

10.  "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.

→ My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns and tenses.

"What's the time?" he asked.

→ He wanted to know What the time was

"When will we meet again?" she asked me.

→ She asked me when we would met again

"Are you crazy?" she asked him.

→ She asked him if he was crazy

"Where did they live?" he asked.

→ He wanted to know where they lived

"Will you be at the party?" he asked her.

→ He asked her if she would be at the party

"Can you meet me at the station?" she asked me.

→ She asked me iff she can met at the station

"Who knows the answer?" the teacher asked.

→ The teacher wanted to know who knew the answer

"Why don't you help me?" she asked him.

→ She wanted to know why he didn't help her

"Did you see that car?" he asked me.

→ He asked me if I saw that car

"Have you tidied up your room?" the mother asked the twins.

→ The mother asked the twins if they had tidied up their room

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.

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. “How often do you come here?”→ He asked them ………how often they came there……………………………………..

2. “When will we meet again?” → He asked them ……when they would meet again…………………………………………

3. “Where have you been?” →The mother asked her ………where she had been…………………………………….

4. “What are they doing?” → She asked me ………what they were doing………………………………………………

5. “What’s the weather like?” →She asked me …………what the weather was like…………………………………………

6. “What does Frank do for a living?” →I wanted to know ……what Frank did for a living…………………………………..

7. “Why is Maria crying?” → She wondered ………why Maria was crying………………………………………………

8. “What kind of holiday has Marco had?” → We wanted to know ……what kind of holiday marco had had………………………….

9. “How long have you both been living there?” → They inquired ……how long we both had been living there………………………….

10. “What did you think of the performance yesterday?” → She asked me …what I had thought of the performance the day before……………………..