Reported questions

Change the following to reported speech:

a) Yes/No questions
1. Can you lend me some money? he said to Laura.
2. Are you a student? the man asked me.
3. Do you like tea? the woman asked the girl.
4. The man said to the woman: Is there anybody waiting outside?
5. She asked me: Have you seen this film?
b) Information questions
1. What sort of literature do you read? he asked me.
2. How often do you go abroad? Laura asked the candidate.
3. The policeman said: How many men did you see in the garden?
4. How far is the nearest hospital? the woman asked.
5.

What do you know about the old manager? Sally asked.

c) Mixed
1. Can I see your driving license, please, madam? the policeman said.
2. When will you give me a ring? he asked her.
3. Does your new school have a swimming pool? Henry asked Sue.
4. Have you seen my earrings? Carol said to Fred.
5. Where have you bought the newspaper? her mother said.
6. Why are you shouting at me? Mary said.
7. When did you last have a bath? Jenny said to him.
8. Mr. Freeman asked: How old are your children?
9. Have you finished yet? Fiona asked me.
10. The teacher said: Where have you been? Why are you so late?
11. Do you wear glasses? he asked him.
12. She asked me: Do you want any?
13. He said: Have you seen my glasses anywhere?
14. She asked: Why has she not eaten anything?
15. What sort of people do you hang out with? he asked me.
16. How often do you change the towels in this hotel? Laura asked the chambermaid.
17. The man said: How many times have you lied to me?

Reported questions_ ANSWERS

a) Yes/No questions
1. He asked Laura if she could lend him some money.
2. The man asked me if I was a student.
3. The woman asked the girl if she liked tea.
4. The man asked the woman if there was anybody waiting outside.
5. She asked me if I had seen that film.
b) Information questions
1. He asked me what sort of literature I read.
2. Laura asked the candidate how often he/she went abroad.
3. The policeman wanted to know how many men I had seen in the garden.
4. The woman wanted to know how far the nearest hospital was.
5. Sally asked what I knew about the old manager.
c) Mixed
1. The policeman asked the lady if he could see her driving license
2. He wanted to know when she would give him a ring.
3. Henry asked Sue if her new school had a swimming pool.
4. Carol asked Fred if he had seen her earrings.
5. Her mother wanted to know where he/she had bought the newspaper.
6. Mary asked him/her why he/she was shouting at her.
7. Jenny asked him when he had last had a bath.
8. Mr. Freeman asked me how old my children were
9. Fiona asked me if I had already finished.
10. The teacher wanted to know where I had been and why I was so late.
11. He asked him if he wore glasses.
12. She asked me if I wanted any.
13. He wanted to know if I had seen his glasses anywhere.
14. She wanted to know why she had not eaten anything.
15. He asked me what sort of people I hung out with.
16. Laura asked the chambermaid how often they changed the towels in that hotel.
17. The man wanted to know how many times he/she/they had lied to him.