Direct and indirect speech exercise

‘Are you a clever boy?’ the stranger asked Harry.. ‘Did you have any difficulty in finding my address?’ the old woman asked me.. ‘Has your father gone to work?’ I asked the boy.. ‘Shall

Direct and indirect speech exercise

Change the following sentences into indirect speech.

1 ‘Are you a clever boy?’ the stranger asked Harry

2 ‘Do you believe in God?’ the little girl asked me

3 ‘Do you know the answer?’ the teacher asked the boy

4 ‘Did you come here yesterday?’ the man asked the boy

5 ‘Have you ever been to a zoo?’ Mr Smith asked me

6 ‘Did you have any difficulty in finding my address?’ the old woman asked me

7 ‘Has your father gone to work?’ I asked the boy

8 ‘May I go home?’ the girl asked

9 ‘Shall we invite John to the party?’ Mark asked

10 John asked Peter, ‘Have you seen my new car?’

Answers

1 The stranger asked Harry if / whether he was a clever boy.

2 The little girl asked me if / whether I believed in God.

3 The teacher asked the boy if he knew the answer.

4 The man asked the boy if he had gone there yesterday.

5 Mr Smith asked me if I had ever been to a zoo.

6 The old woman asked me if I had any difficulty in finding her address.

7 I asked the boy if his father had gone to work.

8 The girl asked if she might go home.

9 Mark asked if they should invite John to the party.

10 John asked Peter if he had seen his new car.

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