Fill in the blanks.
1. The teacher asked me what ……………………………. scribbling in my notebook.
Correct!
Wrong!
In reported questions, the auxiliary verb goes after the subject. When the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verb in the reported speech will also be in the past tense.
2. He asked me why ……………………………. hit his brother.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. The teacher asked the boy why ………………………….. absent the previous day.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. The stranger asked Peter ……………………………. he knew Samuel.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either if or whether can be used to report an yes/no question.
6. Della asked Madam if she …………………………… buy her hair.
Correct!
Wrong!
Will in direct speech becomes would in indirect speech.
7. The girl asked me if I …………………………… her cat.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. He requested the passersby …………………………… him a glass of water.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. The mother advised her children …………………………… hard.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. The father advised his son ………………………………. all his money on gadgets.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. He asked me when …………………………… leaving for Mumbai.
Correct!
Wrong!
In reported questions, the auxiliary verb goes after the subject. When the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verb in the reported speech will also be in the past tense.
12. He asked her what …………………………. doing in his room.
Correct!
Wrong!
In reported questions, the auxiliary verb goes after the subject. When the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verb in the reported speech will also be in the past tense.
Answers
- The teacher asked me what I was scribbling in my notebook.
- He asked me why I had hit his brother.
- The teacher asked the boy why he was absent the previous day.
- The stranger asked Peter if / whether he knew Samuel.
- She asked me if I believe /believed in God.
- Della asked Madam if she would buy her hair.
- The girl asked me if I had seen her cat.
- He requested the passersby to give him a glass of water.
- The mother advised her children to work hard.
- The father advised his son not to spend all his money on gadgets.
- He asked me when I was leaving for Mumbai.
- He asked her what she was doing in his room.
