Reported Speech 2

“ Do you like this book?”

• My father wanted to know if I did like that book.

• My father asked me if I liked that book

• My father told me if I liked that book

• My father said if I liked that book

“Don’t talk in class”, the teacher said.

• The teacher told his student do not talk in class.

• The teacher told his student did not talk in class.

• The teacher told his student not to talk in class.

• The teacher told his student not talking in class.

“ Why didn’t you answer my phone last night?”

• He asked me why he hadn’t answered my phone last night.

• He asked me why I didn’t answer his phoned the night before.

• He asked me why I hadn’t answered his phone the night after.

• He asked me why I hadn’t answered his phone the night before.

“What would you do if you were a billionaire ?” the man said to the woman

• The man asked the woman what would she do if she were a billionaire.

• The man asked the woman what she would do if she were a billionaire.

• The man asked the woman what you would do if you were a billionaire.

• The man asked the woman what would you do if you were a billionaire.

“Leave it there if you don’t like it.”

• He asked me to leave it here if I didn’t like it.

• He told me to leave it there if I not to like it.

• He asked me to leave it there if I didn’t like it.

• He told me to leave it here if I didn’t like it.

“Tell me what is happening to you.”

• He told me to tell him what was happening to me.

• He asked me to tell him what is happening to me.

• He asked me to tell me what was happening to him.

• He asked me to tell him what was happening to me.

“ What were you doing last night , Mr. John ? “ the police asked .

• The police asked what were you doing last night , Mr. John .

• The police asked Mr. John what he had been doing the night before .

• The police asked Mr. John what he had been done the night before .

• The police asked Mr. John what had he been doing the night before .

“ I have seen that film twice”

• Tom said that he had seen this film twice.

• Tom told that he had seen that film twice.

• Tom said to me that he had seen that film twice.

• Tom said that he had seen that film twice.

"Would you mind opening the window?” I said to him

• I said to him if he would mind opening the window.

• I asked him to open the window.

• I told him to mind opening the window.

• I asked him to mind opening the window.

Will and Tim said they ____ very happy about the present.

• had been

• been

• were

• were being