Name:  ________________________

Class:  ________________________

7.5 Reported Speech – questions and

imperatives
1 Choose the correct words.
1 Quentin asked me where the museum was /
where was the museum.
2 Raphael asked his teacher who was her favourite writer /
who her favourite writer was.
3 Martin asked his mum could she play / if she could play
the guitar.
4 Olga asked her neighbours where they went /
where did they go on holiday.
5 Juliet asked me if I had / did I have any money on me.
6 Nina asked me can I meet / to meet her at the museum.
7 Silvia told me don’t worry / not to worry about my
performance.
8 Sam asked me to help / asked that I help him.
9 My mum asked me don’t use / asked me not to use her
credit card to pay online.
10 Our teacher told us to finish / told us that we finish the
exercise for homework.
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2 Report the questions and imperatives. Use if for yes /

no questions.
1 ‘Press the red button on the camera,’ she told me.
She         told me to press the red button on the
camera.                                                                                      
.
2 ‘Where are we going to meet?’ I asked Ana.
I      asked Ana where we were going to
meet                                                                                         .
3 ‘Do you like Italian food?’ Mia asked me.
Mia            asked me if I liked Italian
food.                                                                                   .
4 ‘Don’t let the children watch TV all evening,’ he told the
babysitter.
He       told the babysitter to not let the children watch TV all
evening.                                                                                      
  .
5 ‘Have you ever been to Barcelona?’ Edward asked me.
Edward       asked me if I had ever been to
Barcelona.                                                                                  
 .
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