Question

Change the sentence from direct into indirect speech: 1. He said: "I found a wallet in the street and took it to the police".
a. He said he found a wallet in the street and took it to the police.
b. He said had he found a wallet in the street and had he taken it to the police.
c. He asked if he had found a wallet in the street and had taken it to the police.
d. He said he had found a wallet in the street and had taken it to the police.
2. Mary said: Why are you leaving, Bob?
a. Mary asked Bob why you are leaving
b. Mary said why Bob is leaving\
c. Mary asked Bob why he was leaving
d. Mary asked why he is leaving
3. She said: "Why did he leave so quickly?"
a. She asked why did he leave so quickly.
b. She asked why he had left so quickly.
c. She asked why he left so quickly.
d. She asked why had he left so quickly.
4. Mary said: "I had a wonderful holiday last year".
a. Mary said she had a wonderful holiday the year before.
b. Mary said she had had a wonderful holiday the year before.
c. Mary told she had a wonderful holiday the year before.
d. Mary told she had had a wonderful holiday the year before.
5. He said: "How did you finish the task so quickly?"
He asked how ... the task so quickly.
a. you finished
b. did I finish
c. you had finished
d. I had finished
6. Jane said: "How can you do this for me?"
a. Jane asked how could I do this for her
b. Jane said how you could do that for her
c. Jane asked how I can do this for her
d. Jane asked how I could do that for her
7. He said: "Does it often rain here in summer?"
a. He asked if it often had rained there in summer.
b. He asked did it often rain there in summer.
c. He asked if it is often rain there in summer.
d. He asked if it often rained there in summer.
8. He said: "Have you read this book?"
a. He asked had I read this book
b. He asked if I read that book
c. He asked if I had read that book
d. He asked have I read this book

Answer 1

1-d.

2-с

3-b

4-b

5-d

6-d

7-d

8-c