This grammar exercise tests your ability to report questions. Fill in the blanks.
1The teacher asked me if I ............... the answer.
Wrong!
In reported speech, present simple usually changes to past simple, so the correct answer is "knew".
2The man asked the boy where ............... going.
Wrong!
Reported questions use statement word order, so the correct answer is "he was".
3She asked ............... dinner was ready.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Yes/no questions can be reported with "if" or "whether".
4He asked me ............... .
Wrong!
A reported wh-question uses statement word order and backshift, so the correct answer is "where I worked".
5I asked the postman if he ............... any letters for me.
Wrong!
In reported speech, "have" usually changes to "had", so the correct answer is "had".
6I asked her if she ............... to their party.
Wrong!
The passive form is needed here, so the correct answer is "had been invited".
7I asked him if ............... my passport.
Wrong!
In reported speech, past simple often changes to past perfect, so the correct answer is "he had seen".
8She asked me ............... .
Wrong!
A reported wh-question uses statement word order and backshift, so the correct answer is "where I had been".
9She asked me if she ............... borrow my pen.
Wrong!
In reported speech, "can" usually changes to "could", so the correct answer is "could".
10She asked what ............... with her money.
Wrong!
Reported questions use statement word order and backshift, so the correct answer is "I had done".
11They wondered ............... that problem.
Wrong!
A reported wh-question uses statement word order, so the correct answer is "how they would solve".
12She asked why ............... yelling at her.
Wrong!
Reported questions use statement word order and backshift, so the correct answer is "I was".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- The teacher asked me if I knew the answer.
- The man asked the boy where he was going.
- She asked if / whether dinner was ready.
- He asked me where I worked .
- I asked the postman if he had any letters for me.
- I asked her if she had been invited to their party.
- I asked him if he had seen my passport.
- She asked me where I had been .
- She asked me if she could borrow my pen.
- She asked what I had done with her money.
- They wondered how they would solve that problem.
- She asked why I was yelling at her.
