VIII. Rewrite each sentence as reported speech with tense and time and place
expression changes.
1. ‘I was here three months ago,’ Tim said.
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2. ‘When does the next train leave?’ He wanted to know.
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3. ‘Are you meeting Judy at four o’clock today?’ She asked me.
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4. I’ve already seen this exhibition,’ Jane told me.
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5. ‘Who did you meet at the party last night?’ My mother asked.
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6. ‘We are having dinner now, so I can only talk for a minute,’ Miki said.
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7. ‘May I use your phone?’ I asked Peter.
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8. ‘Public spending will be increased next year/ the Prime Minister announced.
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9. ‘My father drinks a cup of coffee every morning before going to work.’ Peter said.
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10. ‘How long have you lived here?’ Cheryl asked the old woman.
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VII. Complete the reported wh- questions.
1. ‘Where will we live in 20 years’ time?’
Jane asked me_______________________________________________________
2. ‘How was your trip to Toronto?’
I asked Peter_________________________________________________________
3. ‘Why didn’t Judy wait for fireballs last night?’
Sue asked___________________________________________________________
4. ‘How many planets are there in the solar System?’
The teacher asked us___________________________________________________
5. ‘How many days does it take to get to Mars from Earth?’
Elliot wanted to know__________________________________________________
6. ‘What are you staring at?’
I asked Sally_________________________________________________________
7. ‘Who discovered the planet Neptune?’
Joe asked his teacher__________________________________________________

8. ‘How long have you been living on the International Space Station?’
He asked the astronaut_________________________________________________
9. ‘When will humans go to Venus?’
The students wanted to know____________________________________________
10. ‘Where are you going this summer holidays?’
I asked Sally and Andy_________________________________________________

VI. Complete the reported yes/ no questions.
1. ‘May I ask you a few questions?’
The woman asked John_______________________________________________
2. ‘Have you done your project about space exploration?’
The teacher asked me________________________________________________
3. ‘Will we be able to live on Mars in 2050?’
Debbie asked her father_______________________________________________
4. ‘Are you having a barbecue tonight?’
I asked the Browns___________________________________________________
5. ‘Do you like sci-fi films that feature extraterrestrial life?’
Jane asked Tom_____________________________________________________
6. ‘Did scientists find life on Mars many years ago?’
Val asked me_______________________________________________________
7. ‘Are aliens or UFOs real?’
Many people wondered_______________________________________________
8. ‘Can we go to the National Museum tomorrow?’
Sally asked her best friend_____________________________________________
9. ‘Do you know NASA has found two new planets?’
Duc asked Trang_____________________________________________________
10. ‘Were you here yesterday?’
She wanted to know__________________________________________________

V. Underline the correct answers.
1. Levy asked me what / why the future life looked like.
2. Mr. Brown asked me if / how I had ever visited NASA.
3. Dr. Memphis asked me where humans could / may live besides Earth.
4. Stoner asked me if Voyager 2 had passed / has passed Saturn.
5. Davy asked me what the aliens will / would be doing when he might saw them.
6. Christina asked me where / if scientists had responded to the signs from outer space.
7. Norman asked me when / whether Mercury had been discovered.
8. Jacob asked me how much I knew / had known about the Red Planet.
9. Richard asked his teacher whether / why there was life on other planets.
10. Roy asked me if I was meeting / had met Val the previous day.

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