Reported Speech Exercise
Fill in the blanks.
1. The teacher asked me what
……………………………. scribbling in my notebook.
was I
I was
I am
2. He asked me why ……………………………. hit his
brother.
I had
had I
have I
3. The teacher asked the boy why
………………………….. absent the previous day.
he was
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was he
is he
4. The stranger asked Peter
……………………………. he knew Samuel.
Please select 2 correct answers
if
that
whether
weather
6. Della asked Madam if she
…………………………… buy her hair.
will
would
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can
7. The girl asked me if I …………………………… her
cat.
have seen
had seen
see
8. He requested the passersby
…………………………… him a glass of water.
to give
that they give
that to give
9. The mother advised her children
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…………………………… hard.
work
to work
10. The father advised his son
………………………………. all his money on
gadgets.
to not spend
not to spend
that he not spend
11. He asked me when ……………………………
leaving for Mumbai.
was I
I was
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I am
12. He asked her what …………………………. doing
in his room.
was she
she was
she is
Answers
The teacher asked me what I was scribbling in my notebook.
He asked me why I had hit his brother.
The teacher asked the boy why he was absent the previous day.
The stranger asked Peter if / whether he knew Samuel.
She asked me if I believe /believed in God.
Della asked Madam if she would buy her hair.
The girl asked me if I had seen her cat.
He requested the passersby to give him a glass of water.
The mother advised her children to work hard.
The father advised his son not to spend all his money on gadgets.
He asked me when I was leaving for Mumbai.
He asked her what she was doing in his room.
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