1A Complete the reported yes/no questions
a) The teacher asked me if I had done my homework.
b) I asked the teacher if we were starting a new lesson.
c) The teacher asked me if I was paying attention.
d) I asked the teacher if I had to write it down.
e) The teacher asked me if I was feeling all right.
1B Rewrite the sentences as direct speech
f) I asked the teacher, «Do you have a spare pen?»
g) The teacher asked me, «Are you going to start?»
h) I asked the teacher, «Is it all right to use a pencil?»
i) The teacher asked me, «Do you know the answer?»
j) I asked the teacher, «Is it the end of the lesson?»
2A Complete the reported questions without past tense shift
a) The teacher asked us how many colours there are in a rainbow.
b) The teacher asked us what a tadpole turns into.
c) The teacher asked us how fish take oxygen from the water.
d) The teacher asked us how many stomachs a cow has.
e) The teacher asked us what scientists mean by gravity.
2B Complete the reported questions with past tense shift
f) The teacher asked us when the Second World War began.
g) The teacher asked us why Romeo drank the poison.
h) The teacher asked us what Edison did in 1877.
i) The teacher asked us what Gregor Mendel was famous for.
j) The teacher asked us what Marie Curie discovered.
3A Complete the reported questions
a) I asked him if/whether he lived there.
b) He asked me what my name was.
c) I asked her what time it was.
d) She asked me if I was sitting there.
e) I asked her if she wanted some coffee.
3B Rewrite the sentences as direct speech
f) He asked, «When does the next train leave?»
g) I asked him, «Where is the bus station?»
h) She asked me, «Do you have any change?»
i) I asked her, «What are you staring at?»
j) They asked me, «Are you waiting for us?»
4 Complete the reported requests or commands
a) The teacher told John to fill the jar with water.
b) The teacher asked Angela to help him.
c) The teacher told Michael not to spill the water.
d) The teacher asked Alison to pour a little water into here.
e) The teacher told Steve to light the gas.
f) The teacher told Alan not to touch it with his finger.
g) The teacher told Sarah to heat the water gently until it boiled.
h) The teacher asked all of us to watch the water carefully.
5 Match the sentences a to h with the same words reported in 1 to 8
a) This is how you turn on the computer. – 1 He explained how to turn on the computer.
b) I wouldn’t turn on the computer if I were you. – 8 He advised me not to turn on the computer.
c) I’ll turn on the computer. – 7 He offered to turn on the computer.
d) It’s not true—I didn’t turn on the computer. – 6 He denied turning on the computer.
e) Careful—don’t turn on the computer. – 2 He warned me not to turn on the computer.
f) Why don’t you turn on the computer? – 4 He suggested I turned on the computer.
g) Would you like to turn on the computer? – 3 He invited me to turn on the computer.
h) No, I won’t turn on the computer! – 5 He refused to turn on the computer.
Ռոբերտ Մխիթարյան 