INDIRECT SPEECH QUESTIONS: ANSWER KEY

1. MY FATHER ASKED ME/US WHERE I/WE WANTED TO GO.

2. ANN ASKED ME IF I KNEW MANY PEOPLE THERE.

3. HE ASKED ME HOW I WOULD GET BACK HOME.

4. TOM ASKED ME IF I WAS STAYING THERE.

5. HE ASKED ME IF I HAD SEEN THE TV DOCUMENTARY THE

PREVIOUS NIGHT.

6. HE ASKED ME/US WHAT MY/OUR PHONE NUMBER WAS.

7. HE ASKED ME IF I HAD BEEN WATCHING THE LATEST TV

SERIAL.

8. HE ASKED ME HOW I LIKED MY COFFEE.

9. SHE ASKED ME/US WHERE I/WE HAD LIVED THE YEAR

BEFORE.

10. SHE ASKED US IF WE COULD SWIM.

11. SHE ASKED ME IF I KNEW HER BROTHER.

12. HE ASKED ME WHAT MY NAME WAS.

13. SHE ASKED US IF WE WERE GOING TO LET HER IN.

14.SHE ASKED ME WHEN I HAD GONE TO FLORENCE.

15. HE ASKED ME WHY I ASKED HIM.

16. SHE ASKED (HERSELF) HOW SHE COULD POSSIBLY RUN IN

THOSE HIGH-HEELED SHOES.

17. HE ASKED ME IF I HAD DONE THAT SORT OF WORK

BEFORE.
18.THE YOUNG MAN ASKED US IF WE SAW WHAT HE SAW.

19.HE ASKED ME IF THEY HAD UNDERSTOOD WHAT I HAD

SAID TO THEM.

20.MR ARNOLD ASKED ME WHERE I HAD BEEN THE NIGHT

BEFORE.

21.SHE ASKED ME IF I COULD READ THE LAST LINE.

22.SHE ASKED ME WHAT SHE WAS WEARING WHEN I SAW

HER.

23. I ASKED THEM/HIM/HER/YOU IF I COULD LOSE FIVE KILOS

IN A WEEK.

24.SHE ASKED US WHEN WE HAD ARRIVED.

25.THE DOCTOR ASKED ME HOW MANY PILLS I HAD TAKEN.

26.SHE ASKED ME WHERE SHE COULD PARK HER CAR.

27.MY SISTER ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY LETTERS FOR HER.

28.THE SECRETARY ASKED ME IF I HAD AN APPOINTMENT.

29.MY MOTHER ASKED ME/US WHO HAD BEEN USING HER

TYPEWRITER.

30.SHE ASKED ME IF THE CHILDREN WERE ASLEEP WHEN I

ARRIVED.