Class 8 English Unit: 3 Grammar I: Reported Speech 'Yes/No Questions

 

Grammar I: Reported Speech

A    Watch Video? Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLvmp9-K9Jc 

 Match the questions on the left with their reported speech on the right. Notice the changes. (Answers only)

Column A	Column B
a.      Can Sharmila read a book?	iii. The teacher asked if Sharmila could read a book.
b.     Was the waiter rude?	v. My Aunt wanted to know whether the waiter had been rude.
c.      Is Punam his teacher?	vi. They asked whether Punam was his teacher.
d.     Does she have a problem?	ii. Elis asked whether she had a problem.
e.      Does he love playing tennis?	i.       She asked if he loved playing tennis.
f.       Did the boss notice the mistake?	iv. She asked if the boss had noticed the mistake.

B.    Change the following questions into reported speech. The beginnings are given. (Answers only)

a.      My father asked if she spent her money on books.

b.     They asked if the farmer had decided to sell her old oxen.

c.      She asked if she could borrow my pen.

d.     Rajani asked if the students should concentrate on their studies.

e.      Milan asked if I would go to his housewarming party the next day.

f.       My friend wanted to know if Srijana had been born in this hospital.

g.     The waiter questioned if he had put the spoon on the table.

h.     My father asked if his mother was a professor of History.

i.       Rachana inquired if his sister had gone to market.

j.       She asked if I was a foreigner. 

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