Reported speech exercise

Complete the following sentences. Choose your answers from the options given in the brackets.

1. I would like to know when ……………………………….. leaving. (are you / you are)

2. I asked where ……………………………. staying. (were they / they were)

3. I know how ………………………………….. (you feel / did you feel)

4. Nobody told me why ………………………….. fired. (was I / I was)

5. How …………………………………… there is your problem. (do you get / you get)

6. We asked what ………………………………… with the money. (did he / he did)

7. He asked ………………………………… to leave. (if I wanted / did I want)

8. I don’t know ……………………………….. help you. (if I can / if can I)

9. The salesman …………………………………. if he could help me. (asked / said)

10. I don’t know what ………………………………. doing. (he is / is he)

Answers

1. I would like to know when you are leaving.

2. I asked where they were staying.

3. I know how you feel.

4. Nobody told me why I was fired.

5. How you get there is your problem.

6. We asked what he did with the money.

7. He asked if I wanted to leave.

8. I don’t know if I can help you.

9. The sales man asked if he could help me. (Say and tell cannot be used to report questions.)

10. I don’t know what he is doing.