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Practice 15. Change the sentences into indirect speech.

1. She said: “Why has David been looking so miserable lately ?”
She wanted to know ___________________________________________________.
why David had been loking so miserable lately.
2. Mr. Smith said: “Where are you going on your vacation this year?”
Mr. Smith asked the boy where _______________________________________________.
he was going on his vacation that year.
3. She said, ”How long have you worked here, Minh?”
She asked Minh ______________________________________________________.
how long he had worked there.
4. I asked Nam, “Why didn’t you go to the party last week?”
I asked Nam why ______________________________________________________.
he had not gone to the party the week before.
5. Mr. Ha asked his friend: “How did you manage to know my phone number?”
Mr. Ha asked his friend how ______________________________________________.
she had managed to know his phone number.
6. “When are you free?”
I asked the girl when
________________________________________________________.
she was free
7. “When did you begin to learn English?”
Mr. Pike asked them when ___________________________________________________.
they had begun to learn English
8. “When can you help me with my homework?”
Linda asked __________________________________________________________.
me when I could help me with her homework
9. “How long does it take you to go to school?”
Helen asked me__________________________________________________________.
how long it took me to go to school.
10. “Why can’t you go with me tomorrow?”
Tom asked ___________________________________________________________.
me why I could not go with him the following day.
Practice 16. Change the sentences into indirect speech.
1. “Do you understand my question?”
Tom asked me _______________________________________________________.
if I understood his question
2. “Can I do anything to help you?”
John asked her _______________________________________________________.
if he could do anything to help her
3. “Will you pick me up at 6.00, Mary?”
Ann asked ___________________________________________________________.
Mary if she would pick her up at 6.00
4. “Did I leave my umbrella here two days ago?”
Mary asked __________________________________________________________.
me if I left her umbrella there two day before
5. “Do I have to buy a pocket calculator for my sister?”
Paul asked __________________________________________________________.
me if he had to buy a pocket calculator for his sister
6. “Will we be here tomorrow again?”
me if they would be there the following day again
They asked __________________________________________________________.
7. ”Can you help me with the lesson?”
Helen wondered ________________________________________________________.
if I could help her with the lesson
8. She said: “Did the mechanic finish repairing your car?”
She wondered _______________________________________________________.
if the mechanic had finished repairing my car
9. My friend said, “Are you going to leave tomorrow?”
My friend asked me ____________________________________________________.
if I were going to leave the following day
10. The mother asked her son, “Have you finished your homework?”
The mother asked her son _______________________________________________.
if I had finished my homework