Question

Rewrite the sentences in reported speech. 0. ‘Can you open the door for me?’ My mother asked me _if I could open the door for her_ . 1. ‘Somebody is looking at us.’ They said ______________________________ ______________________________________ . 2. ‘I’ll wait for you outside school.’ My boyfriend told _______________________ ______________________________________ . 3. ‘What does your father do for a living?’ My friend asked _________________________ ______________________________________ . 4. ‘I find this play a bit boring.’ Joanna said ____________________________ ______________________________________ . 5. ‘Have you done your homework yourself?’ The teacher asked me ____________________ ______________________________________ . 6. ‘We arrived at the station two minutes before departure time.’ They said ______________________________ ______________________________________ .

Answer 1

1. ‘Somebody is looking at us.’
They said that somebody was looking at them.
2. ‘I’ll wait for you outside school.’
My boyfriend told that he would wait for me outside school.
3. ‘What does your father do for a living?’
My friend asked what my father did for a living.
4. ‘I find this play a bit boring.’
Joanna said that she found this play a bit boring.
5. ‘Have you done your homework yourself?’
The teacher asked me if I had done my homework myself.
6. ‘We arrived at the station two minutes before departure time.’
They said that they have arrived at the station two minutes before departure time.

Answer 2

0. My mother asked me if I could open the door for her.

1. They said that somebody was looking at us.

2. My boyfriend told me that he would wait for me outside school.

3. My friend asked me what my father did for a living.

4. Joanna said that she found this play a bit boring.

5. The teacher asked me if I had done my homework myself.

6. They said that they had arrived at the station two minutes before departure time.