Reported questions

Reported questions

Exercises

Some friends are standing in front of the cinema talking to each other.

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Here are their questions in direct speech.

Let's put them into reported speech.

Multiple Choice

Simon: "When will Pat arrive?"

> Simon wanted to know ...

• when will Pat arrive.

• when Pat will arrive.

• if Pat would arrive?

• when Pat would arrive.

Explanatory notes:

Question word: "when"

Verb: will > would

Word order: subject (Pat) - verb (would arrive)

No question mark

> Simon wanted to know when Pat would arrive.

Multiple Choice

Tim: "Have you seen this film, Lucy?"

> Tim asked Lucy ...

• if has she seen that film.

• if she had seen this film.

• if she had seen that film.

• have you seen this film.

Explanatory notes:

No question word > if

Verb: have > had

Word order: subject (she) - verb (had seen)

Pronoun: this > that

Tim asked Lucy if she had seen that film.

Multiple Choice

Tim: "How did you like it?"

> Tim wondered ...

• how she had liked it.

• if she liked it.

• did she like it.

• how did she like it.

Explanatory notes:

Question word: "how"

Verb: did like = simple past > past perfect: had liked

Word order: subject (she) - verb (had liked)

> Tim wondered how she had liked it.

Multiple Choice

Kate: "When does the film start?"

> Kate wanted to know ...

• when starts the film?

• when did the film start.

• when the film started.

• when started the fim.

Explanatory notes:

Question word: "when"

Verb: does start = simple present > simple past: started

Word order: subject (the film) - verb (started)

No question mark

> Kate wanted to know when the film started.

Keep on working!

Which two options are correct?

Multiple Select

Michael: "Does the film show violence?"

• Michael asked if the film showed violence.

• Michael wanted to know if the film showed violence?

• Michael wanted to know if the film shows violence.

• Michael wanted to know if the film showed violence.

Multiple Select

Sue: "Why are you wearing a tie today, Danny?"

• Sue asked Danny why he is wearing a tie that day.

• Sue asked Danny why he was wearing a tie that day.

• Sue asked why Danny was wearing a tie that day.

• Sue wanted to know from Danny why he was wearing a tie that day.

Multiple Select

A man: "Can you tell me the way to 'Burger King', please?"

• A man wanted to tell us the way to 'Burger King'.

• A man asked if we can tell him the way to 'Burger King'.

• A man asked us to tell him the way to 'Burger King'.

• A man asked us if we could tell him the way to 'Burger King'.

Multiple Select

His wife: "Is there also a KFC restauraunt?"

• His wife wondered if there also was a KFC restaurant.

• His wife asked where there was a KFC restaurant.

• His wife asked if there was a KFC restaurant too.

• His wife wondered if here also was a KFC restaurant.

Just three more sentences ...

Now complete the reported questions.

Multiple Choice

Do you have a phone?

• She asked me if I had a phone.

• She told me what phone i had.

• She asked if I have a phone.

Congrats!

You did it!

Multiple Choice

What time do you arrive home from school?

• My mom asked me if I arrived home.

• My mom asked me I arrive home.

• My mom asked me what time I arrived home from school.

Multiple Choice

What's your secret for high results in your tests?

• She asked me what my secret for high results in my tests was.

• She asked me what my secret for high results in my tests were.

• She asked me what was my secret for high results in my tests.