Choose the correct reported speech
1. He said to me, 'Have you finished reading the newspaper?'
a) He asked me if had I finished reading the newspaper.
b) He asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper. [ANSWER]
c) He told me if I had finished reading the newspaper.
d) He said to me whether I had finished reading the newspaper.
2. Cheryl said to her, 'How long have you lived here?'
a) Cheryl asked her how long she has lived there.
b) Cheryl asked her how long she lived there.
c) Cheryl asked her how long she had lived there. [ANSWER]
d) Cheryl said to her how long she had lived there.
3. Raju said to me, "How much did you pay for this book?"
a) Raju asked me how much I had paid for that book. [ANSWER]
b) Raju asked me how much he had paid for that book.
c) Raju asked me whether how much I had paid for that book.
d) Raju asked me how much I paid for that book.
4. The teacher said to Sheela, "Have you written your homework?"
a) The teacher asked Sheela if she has written her homework.
b) The teacher asked Sheela if she had written her homework. [ANSWER]
c) The teacher asked Sheela whether she had written his homework.
d) The teacher asked Sheela whether she has written her homework.
5. The policeman said to me "Do you know anything about the accident?"
a) The policeman asked me if I knew anything about the accident. [ANSWER]
b) The policeman asked me if I know anything about the accident.
c) The policeman asked me whether I had known anything about the accident.
d) The policeman said to me whether I knew anything about the accident.
6. My brother said to me , "Has anybody called while I was out".
a) My brother asked me whether anybody had called while he was out. [ANSWER]
b) My brother asked me if anybody had called while I was out.
c) My brother asked me if anybody called while he was out.
d) My brother asked me whether anybody had called while he had been out.
7. She said to me "Do you know where Mrs Baker lives?"
a) She asked me if I know where Mrs Baker lives.
b) She asked me if I knew where Mrs Baker lives.
c) She asked me if I knew where Mrs Baker lived. [ANSWER]
d) She aske me if I know where Mrs Baker lived.
8. She said to me "Where are you from?"
a) She asked me where was I from.
b) She asked me where are I from.
c) She asked me where I were from.
d) She asked me where I was from.
[ANSWER]
9. She said to him "When will you meet your friends?"
a) She asked him when would he meet his friends.
b) She asked him when will he meet his friends.
c) She asked him when he would meet his friends. [ANSWER]
d) She asked him when he will meet his friends.
10. My wife said to me, “ Where did you buy these mangoes from?”
a) My wife asked me where I had bought those mangoes from. [ANSWER]
b) My wife asked me where I bought those mangoes from.
c) My wife asked me where I had bought these mangoes from.
d) My wife asked me where I bought these mangoes from.
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