REPORTED SPEECH 7

REPORTED SPEECH 7

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Task

Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary.
EXAMPLE:
Peter: "Did John clean the black shoes yesterday?"
Peter asked me

ANSWER:
Peter asked me if John had cleaned the black shoes the day before.

Mandy: "Are the boys reading the book?"
Yesterday Mandy asked me .

Jason: "Who gave you the laptop?"
Yesterday Jason wanted to .

Robert: "Is Tim leaving on Friday?"
Yesterday Robert asked me .

Daniel: "Will it rain tomorrow?"
Yesterday Daniel asked me .

Jennifer: "Where do you play football today?"
Yesterday Jennifer wanted to .

Nancy: "Why didn't Nick go to New York last summer?"
Yesterday Nancy wanted to .

Barbara: "Must I do my homework this afternoon?"
Yesterday Barbara asked me .

Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?"
Yesterday Linda wanted to .

Grandmother: "Where are my glasses?"
Yesterday Grandmother asked me .

A man: "When does the train to Liverpool leave?"
Yesterday a man asked me .

HERE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT ANSWERS
Mandy: "Are the boys reading the book?"
Yesterday Mandy asked me if the boys were reading the book.
Jason: "Who gave you the laptop?"
Yesterday Jason wanted to know who had given me the laptop.
Robert: "Is Tim leaving on Friday?"
Yesterday Robert asked me if Tim was leaving on Friday.
Daniel: "Will it rain tomorrow?"
Yesterday Daniel asked me if it would rain today.
Jennifer: "Where do you play football today?"
Yesterday Jennifer wanted to know where I played football.
Nancy: "Why didn't Nick go to New York last summer?"
Yesterday Nancy wanted to know why Nick hadn't gone to New York the summer before.
Barbara: "Must I do my homework this afternoon?"
Yesterday Barbara asked me if she had to do her homework that afternoon.
Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?"
Yesterday Linda wanted to know if Max had flown to London two weeks before.
Grandmother: "Where are my glasses?"
Yesterday Grandmother asked me where her glasses were.
A man: "When does the train to Liverpool leave?"
Yesterday a man asked me when the train to Liverpool left.