Complete the following sentences.
1She asked me ............... I had met her parents before.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "if" or "whether" to introduce a reported yes/no question.
2The constable asked the man what ............... there at that time of the night.
Wrong!
In reported speech after a past reporting verb, the correct form is "he was doing".
3He said that he was not feeling well, so I suggested ...............
Wrong!
After "suggested", the clause "that he should see a doctor" is a natural correct pattern.
4He asked me whether I ............... him some money.
Wrong!
In reported speech after "asked", the correct backshifted form is "could lend".
5We expected that he ............... surrender without any resistance.
Wrong!
After the past verb "expected", "would" is used for a future action seen from the past.
6Astronomers ............... to prove that the sun is stationary and that the earth and other planets move around the sun.
Wrong!
The present perfect form of "be able to" is "have been able".
7The forest was the hiding place of outlaws ............... were the gossip of the countryside.
Wrong!
The relative phrase "whose evil deeds" correctly shows possession before the noun phrase.
Answers
- She asked me if / whether I had met her parents before.
- The constable asked the man what he was doing there at that time of the night.
- He said that he was not feeling well, so I suggested that he should see a doctor
- He asked me whether I could lend him some money.
- We expected that he would surrender without any resistance.
- Astronomers have been able to prove that the sun is stationary and that the earth and other planets move around the sun.
- The forest was the hiding place of outlaws whose evil deeds were the gossip of the countryside.
