Complete the following sentences using appropriate words or phrases.
1I told him ............... with me.
Wrong!
After "told him", the negative infinitive is "not to interfere".
2She asked me ............... at once.
Wrong!
After "asked me" for a request, use the infinitive "to leave".
3I asked him if he ............... finished the work.
Wrong!
The present perfect changes to the past perfect with "had" in reported speech.
4The teacher asked us ............... on time.
Wrong!
After "asked us" for a request, use the infinitive "to be".
5He asked if he ............... leave early.
Wrong!
In reported speech, "can" usually changes to "could".
6They asked me ............... joining them.
Wrong!
A reported yes/no question is introduced with "if I was" and uses statement word order.
7He ............... me to come.
Wrong!
Use "asked" because the object "me" is already in the sentence.
8She said that she ............... anything from him before that day.
Wrong!
For an earlier action in reported speech, use the past perfect "hadn't heard".
9She told me ............... she wasn’t coming.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "that" and "why" can introduce the reported statement, so "that" and "why" are correct.
10I asked him what ...............
Wrong!
A reported wh-question uses statement word order, so the correct ending is "his problem was."
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- I told him not to interfere with me.
- She asked me to leave at once.
- I asked him if he had finished the work.
- The teacher asked us to be on time.
- He asked if he could leave early.
- They asked me if I was joining them.
- He asked me to come.
- She said that she hadn’t heard anything from him before that day.
- She told me that / why she wasn’t coming.
- I asked him what his problem was.