Solutions for App 300

Reported Speech - Questions (1)

Practise reporting questions!

If you want to report the question someone asked, it depends on the type of question how to report it. In every case you need to change the tense, like you do for statements in reported speech. Yes / No Questions: ask + if / whether. But you don't use do/did in the reported speech. For example: Did you bake the cake? He asked me if I had baked the cake.

Questions with question words: ask + question word from the question. For example: Where do you live? She asked where I lived. Request for objects: ask + for. For example: Can I have a piece of cake? She asked for a piece of cake.

Have you got a pet? She asked me ______ I had a pet.

Solution:
if

How are you? Ben asked me how I ______.

Solution:
was

Can I go to Jill's party? Ruby asked me ______ she could go to Jill's party.

Solution:
if

Jordan: May I have an apple? Jordan __________ an apple.

Solution:
asked for

Do you have a sister? He asked me ______ I had a sister.

Solution:
if / whether

Do you live at 6 Belmont Road? She asked me if I ______ at 6 Belmont Road.

Solution:
lived

What is your address? The teacher asked me what my address ______.

Solution:
was

Eric: "Why are you so happy?" Eric asked me ______ I was so happy.

Solution:
why

Did you go to Julia's yesterday? She asked me ______ I went to Julia's the day before.

Solution:
if / whether

Mum: When will you come home? Mum asked me ______ I would come home.

Solution:
when

Can you give me some advice? He asked me ______ some advice.

Solution:
for

Are you watching TV? Dad asked me if I ______ watching TV.

Solution:
was

Jess: "Have you seen Lucy?" Jess asked me if I ______ seen Lucy.

Solution:
had

What time does your friend arrive? She asked me when my friend __________.

Solution:
arrived