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English Grammar Exercises for B1- Reported questions

6 esercizi

1. Order the words to make reported questions. Then write the questions as direct speech.

  • 1)
    I / me / old / she asked / was / how
  • She asked me how old I was. ‘How old are you?’
  • 2)
    what / he asked / were / them / they / doing
  • 3)
    afraid / you / you / were / I asked / if
  • 4)
    was / her / mum / why / she / we asked / angry
  • 5)
    happening / I asked / what / him / was
  • 6)
    where / would / me / stay / he asked / I
  • 7)
    if / they asked / help / I / could / them
  • 8)
    if / been / had / me / they asked / I / skiing / ever
  • 9)
    how / we asked / spent / money / him / he’d / much

2. Listen to the direct speech and complete the reported questions..

Audio
  • 1)
    He asked her for dinner.
  • 2)
    She asked him on Sundays.
  • 3)
    He asked her the new Chinese restaurant.
  • 4)
    She asked him heavily.
  • 5)
    He asked her into town.

3. Rewrite the direct speech as reported questions.

  • 1)
    ‘What are you doing?’ Jake asked his sister.
  • 2)
    ‘Have you washed my jeans?’ Poppy asked her mum.
  • 3)
    ‘When did you finish your homework?’ my friend asked me.
  • 4)
    ‘Is it still raining?’ Freddie asked Luke.
  • 5)
    ‘Can you play the saxophone?’ Nadia asked me.
  • 6)
    ‘When will you give me back my laptop?’ my dad asked my sister.

4. Underline a mistake in each reported question. Then write the reported questions correctly.

  • 1)
    She asked them why they are being so noisy.
  • 2)
    I asked her how she had hurt yourself.
  • 3)
    We asked them they wanted to travel with us.
  • 4)
    He asked me what was I listening to.
  • 5)
    They asked if who had told him the secret.
  • 6)
    She asked him why he had phoned her yesterday.
  • 7)
    I asked her that if she knew what was happening.
  • 8)
    I asked him how many brothers had he.

5. Read the dialogue. Then complete the text below with reported statements and questions.

  • Zac Do you know Lily’s email address? I want to invite her to my birthday party.
  • Ellie It’s in my address book. I’ll look in a minute.
  • Zac What are you doing?
  • Ellie I’m looking something up on the internet.
  • Zac What do you need to find out?
  • Ellie It’s a secret.
  • Zac Can you give me a clue?
  • Ellie I don’t want to spoil the surprise!
  • Zac asked Ellie if 1) address. He said that he 2) to his birthday party. Ellie said 3) address book. She said 4) in a minute. Zac asked Ellie 5) Ellie said that 6) on the internet. Zac asked her 7) Ellie said that 8) Zac asked Ellie 9) a clue. Ellie said that 10) the surprise.

6. Complete the reported questions.

  • 1)
    ‘Do you have a signal?’
  • My friend asked
  • 2)
    ‘How much credit would you like?’
  • The assistant asked her
  • 3)
    ‘Have you switched off your phones?’
  • The examiner asked us
  • 4)
    ‘Did you have a good time yesterday?’
  • My mum asked
  • 5)
    ‘Where did you leave my tablet?’
  • Kate asked me
  • 6)
    ‘When will you have finished the book?’
  • I asked Jack
  • 7)
    ‘What are you doing tonight?’
  • Amy asked Mark
  • 8)
    ‘Can I call you back this evening?’
  • Holly’s boyfriend asked

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