The document contains a grammar exercise with reported questions. Part A provides examples of reported questions and asks the reader to identify the correct verb form. Part B asks the reader to fill in missing verbs in reported question sentences. Part C asks the reader to identify the correct structure for reported requests and questions. The exercise focuses on practicing transforming direct questions and requests into indirect reported speech constructions.
The document contains a grammar exercise with reported questions. Part A provides examples of reported questions and asks the reader to identify the correct verb form. Part B asks the reader to fill in missing verbs in reported question sentences. Part C asks the reader to identify the correct structure for reported requests and questions. The exercise focuses on practicing transforming direct questions and requests into indirect reported speech constructions.
The document contains a grammar exercise with reported questions. Part A provides examples of reported questions and asks the reader to identify the correct verb form. Part B asks the reader to fill in missing verbs in reported question sentences. Part C asks the reader to identify the correct structure for reported requests and questions. The exercise focuses on practicing transforming direct questions and requests into indirect reported speech constructions.
The document contains a grammar exercise with reported questions. Part A provides examples of reported questions and asks the reader to identify the correct verb form. Part B asks the reader to fill in missing verbs in reported question sentences. Part C asks the reader to identify the correct structure for reported requests and questions. The exercise focuses on practicing transforming direct questions and requests into indirect reported speech constructions.
1 ‘Has your brother gone out?’ Mum asked me. Mum asked me if my brother has gone / had gone out. 2 ‘Do you know the answer?’ Miss Smith asked Ruby. Miss Smith asked Ruby if she knew / had known the answer. 3 ‘Is this your car?’ the police officer said to the man. The police officer asked the man if it is / was his car. 4 ‘Have you been to see the exhibition?’ I asked Benjamin. I asked Benjamin if he went / had been to see the exhibition. 5 ‘Does your laptop need a new battery?’ Jerry asked me. Jerry asked me if my laptop needed /will need a new battery. 6 ‘Are you having a barbecue?’ I asked the Browns. I asked the Browns if they were having / had been having a barbecue.
B Write one word in each gap.
1 ‘Will you be at the party?’ Richard asked me.
Richard asked me if I .....................................be at the party. 2 ‘May I ask you a few questions?’ the woman asked Ted. The woman asked Ted if she .....................................ask him a few questions. 3 ‘Can we go to the zoo tomorrow?' Jane asked her father. Jane asked her father if they................................... go to the zoo the following day. 4 ‘Shall I study maths or English?’ Sally asked her best friend. Sally asked her best friend whether she .................................study maths or English. 5 ‘Can you write with your left hand?’ Vai asked me. Vai asked me whether I .....................................write with my left hand. 6 ‘Shall we play tennis or volleyball?’ Debbie asked her sister. Debbie asked her sister if they..................................... play tennis or volleyball. 7 ‘May I leave the table?’ Samantha asked her parents. Samantha asked her parents if she ................................... leave the table. 8 ‘Will our bus leave on time?’ Mum asked the driver. Mum asked the driver whether our bus .....................................leave on time.
C Choose the correct answer.
1 ‘Could you pass me the salt, please?’ I asked the man next to me. I asked the man next to me .................... me the salt. A pass В if he passes C to pass 2 ‘Would you mind waiting a moment?’ the shop assistant asked the woman. The shop assistant asked the woman....................for a moment. A to wait В waiting C she wait 3 ‘Please don’t leave your dirty football boots in the hall,’ Mum said to Doug. Mum told Doug...................his dirty football boots in the hall. A that he doesn’t leave В not to leave C don’t leave 4 ‘Could you tell us where you were at six o'clock?’ the police officers asked Barry. The police officers asked Barry...................he had been at six o’clock. A telling them where В where he tells them C to tell them where