Grammar - Unit 18 Reported Speech of Questions

Secondary 1 - Grammar - Unit 18
Reported Speech of Questions

Name _______________ Date ______

1. Rewrite using the word in brackets.

1. How long have you been living in England? (Samy asked Ali )

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2. Where can I find the children’s clothing department? (Sara asked the shop assistant)

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3. How will you spend your summer holiday? (Mona asked Alia)

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4. When will the next football match for your team be? (Tamer asked Alaa)

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5. Are you going to the theatre tomorrow? (Soha asked Huda)

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2. Read the following dialogue, then correct the underlined mistakes in the reported sentences of Karim’s speech.

Karim: Where have you been? I haven’t seen you for two weeks.

Samer: I was busy moving into my new house.

Karim: Congratulations! When did you move into it?

Samer: We moved in yesterday.

Karim: Is the new house near your school?

Samer: Yes, it is just one kilometre from my school.

Karim: Very good! Did you buy it or rent it?

Samer: We rented it.

Karim: How much do you pay each month for the rent?

Samer: Five hundred pounds.

Karim: Do you consider it a big house or small one?

Samer: It’s an average one, neither big nor small.

Karim: How many rooms does it have?

Samer: It has one living room and three bedrooms — one for my parents, one for my sister and another for me.

Karim: Great! You finally have your own private bedroom.

Samer: Yes, this is the best thing about it.

1. Karim asked Samer where has he been.

2. Karim asked Samer when did he move into his new house.

3. Karim asked Samer if the new house is near his school.

4. Karim asked Samer if they buy it or rented it.

5. Karim asked Samer how much does he pay each month for the rent.

6. Karim asked Samer does he consider it a big house or small one.

7. Karim asked Samer how many rooms does it have.

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3. _________ 4. _________

5. _________ 6. __________

7. ___________

3. Read the following dialogue then find the mistakes in the reported sentences of the doctor’s speech.

Doctor: What do you complain from?

Sameh: I have a severe stomachache.

Doctor: When did the stomachache start?

Sameh: It started yesterday after lunch.

Doctor: What did you eat at lunch?

Sameh: I ate ful.

Doctor: Did you throw up?

Sameh: Yes, I did.

Doctor: It seems that the food you ate was infected. Take this medicine and you will feel better.

Sameh: Thank you, doctor.

1. The doctor asked Sameh what he complains from.

2. The doctor asked Sameh when did the stomachache start.

3. The doctor asked Sameh what did he eat at lunch.

4. The doctor asked Sameh did he throw up.

(You will find four mistakes.)

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4. Match the questions with the reported speech and rewrite them below.

A	B
1. How long has Ali been living in Paris?	a. Amal asked where the Egyptian Museum was.
2. When did you buy your new car?	b. Amir asked Hatem if he was interested in going camping.
3. Did you study English at school?	c. Hala asked Fatin when she had bought her new car.
4. Are you interested in going camping?	d. Nader asked Karim if he had studied English at school.
5. Where is the Egyptian Museum?	e. Amgad asked Alaa how long Ali had been living in Paris.
	f. Hala asked Fatin when did she buy her new car.

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2. _________________

3. _______________

4. _______________

5. ________________

5. Read the dialogue. Then circle the correct word in parentheses in Sherif's reported questions.

Sherif: Hello, Emad. Are you going to Maher’s birthday party? (1)

Emad: Yes, I’m going.

Sherif: When are you going? (2)

Emad: At eight o'clock.

Emad: Do you mind taking me with you? (3)

Sherif: Not at all. When will you be ready?

Emad: At half past seven.

Sherif: Did you get him a present? (4)

Emad: Yes, I got him a watch.

Sherif: Very nice. Where did you get it from? (5)

Emad: I got it from City Mall.

Sherif: Is that the one in Giza Street? (6)

Emad: Yes, it is. If you didn't buy your gift yet, you can go there. You'll find a variety of things to choose from.

Sherif: Thanks a lot. Actually, I didn't buy it yet and I will take your advice and go now.

1. Sherif asked Emad (if he was going - was he going - if he is going) to Maher’s birthday party.

2. Sherif asked Emad when (he is going - he was going - was he going) to the party.

3. Sherif asked Emad (does he mind taking him - if he minded taking him - do you mind taking me).

4. Sherif asked Emad (if he got Maher - if he had got Maher - did he get) a present.

5. Sherif asked Emad where (did he get it - he got - he had got) it from.

6. Sherif asked Emad (is that - was that - if that was) the one in Giza Street.

6. Read the dialogue. Then rewrite Magdy’s questions as reported speech.

Sameh: Hello, Magdy. Have you read the magazine article on Yuri Gagarin? (1) It’s very interesting.

Magdy: No, I haven't. Who is Yuri Gagarin? (2)

Sameh: Oh, no! You don't know Yuri Gagarin! He was the first person to orbit the earth.

Magdy: Is he still alive? (3)

Hany: No, he died in 1968, long before you were born.

Magdy: I see! When was he born? (4)

Hany: He was born in 1934.

Magdy: What nationality was he? (5)

Hany: He was Russian.

Magdy: Did he fly any other space missions? (6)

Hany: No, but he was training for another space mission when he died.

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2. ____________________

3. _____________________

4. _____________________

5. ______________________

6. _______________________

Secondary 1 - Grammar - Unit 18
Reported Speech of Questions
ANSWERS

1.

1. Samy asked Ali how long he had been living in England.

2. Sara asked the shop assistant where she could find the children’s clothing department.

3. Mona asked alia how she would spend her summer holiday.

4. Tamer asked Alaa when the next football match for his team would be.

5. Soha asked Huda is she was going to the theatre the following day/tomorrow.

2.

1. Karim asked Samer where he had been.

2. Karim asked Samer when he had moved into his new house.

3. Karim asked Samer if the new house was near his school.

4. Karim asked Samer if they had bought it or rented it.

5. Karim asked Samer how much he paid each month for the rent.

6. Karim asked Samer if he considered it a big house or small one.

7. Karim asked Samer how many rooms it had.

3.

1. The doctor asked Sameh what he complained from.

2. The doctor asked Sameh when the stomachache had started.

3. The doctor asked Sameh what he had eaten at lunch.

4. The doctor asked Sameh if/whether he had thrown up.

4.

1 - e 2 - c 3 - d 4 - b 5 - a

5.

1. Sherif asked Emad if he was going to Maher’s birthday party.

2. Sherif asked Emad when he was going to the party.

3. Sherif asked Emad if he minded taking him.

4. Sherif asked Emad if he had got Maher a present.

5. Sherif asked Emad where he had got it from.

6. Sherif asked Emad if that was the one in Giza Street.

6.

Sameh: Hello, Magdy. Have you read the magazine article on Yuri Gagarin? (1) It’s very interesting.

Magdy: No, I haven't. Who is Yuri Gagarin? (2)

Sameh: Oh, no! You don't know Yuri Gagarin! He was the first person to orbit the earth.

Magdy: Is he still alive? (3)

Hany: No, he died in 1968, long before you were born.

Magdy: I see! When was he born? (4)

Hany: He was born in 1934.

Magdy: What nationality was she? (5)

Hany: He was Russian.

Magdy: Did he fly any other space missions? (6)

Hany: No, but he was training for another space mission when he died.

1. Sameh asked Magdy if he had read the magazine article on Yuri Gagarin.

2. Magdy asked who Yuri Gagarin was.

3. Magdy asked if/whether he was still alive.

4. Magdy asked when he was born.

5. Magdy asked what nationality he was.

6. Magdy asked if/whether he had flown any other space missions.

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