X-Reported Speech

1. Report the dialogue between a mother and her son, by completing the sentence:
   Son: Can you give me some money, mom?
   Mother: Where have you spent your pocket money?
   On being asked for money, the mother questioned the son that ________.

1. Ritu bumped into an ex-colleague (Gautam) at a party. They discussed their current job profile. Report what Gautam asked Ritu.  
   Do you work from home?

1. Choose the correct reported speech of a given sentence:
   She said, "I was sleeping when you came."

• 1. She said that she had slept when he came.

• 1. She said that she was sleeping when he came.

• 1. She said that she has been sleeping when he has come.

• She said that she had been sleeping when he had come.

1. He said to his friend, "Please wait for me".
   Reported speech: ________

• 1. He requested his friend to wait for him.

• 1. He said to his friend to wait for him.

• 1. He requested his friend that he should wait for him.

• 1. He told his friend to wait for him.

1. She said to him, "Why don't you go today?"
   Reported speech: ________

• 1. She asked him why he did not go today.

• 1. She asked him why he did not go that day.

• 1. She said to him that why he doesn't go today.

• 1. She asked him if he was going that day.

1. Choose the correct reported speech of a given sentence:
   "Say hello to Jayesh," they said.

• 1. They ask me to say hello to Jayesh.

• 1. They asked me to said hello to Jayesh.

• 1. They asked me to say hello to Jayesh.

• 1. They told me to say hello to Jayesh.

1. The teacher said, "Let the boy go home now".
   Reported speech: ________

• 1. The teacher said that the boy may be allowed to go home now.

• 1. The teacher asked if the boy might be allowed to go home then.

• 1. The teacher said that the boy might be allowed to go home then.

• 1. The teacher said the boy might be allowed to go home then.

1. Read the conversation and complete the sentence by reporting the reply correctly.
   Ranbir: Sir, can I be excused this once?
   Policeman: I hope you'll remember the lesson you learned today. OK! This should be the last time. Don't repeat the mistake again.
   Ranbir requested the policeman to excuse him that once. Hoping Ranbir would remember the lesson he had learned that day, the policeman finally advised him ________.

1. Read the conversation and complete the sentence by reporting the reply correctly.
   Ankit: May I drop you there in my car?
   Atul: Thanks a lot. It will be a great help to me.
   Ankit asked Atul if he might drop him there in his car. Thanking him Atul said ________.

1. Tarun was caught flouting the traffic rules. The policeman stationed at the crossing asked him the following question. Report the question.
   Don’t you know the traffic regulations?