B Complete the sentences using reported speech. Why did you dump your girlfriend?' My friend asked
me why I had dumped my girlfriend.
1 When are you leaving? My parents asked me
2 'Have you ever been engaged?' She asked him
3 'Will you be home early?' Anna asked Liam
4 Where do you usually buy your clothes?' My sister
asked me
5 'Did you wear a suit to the job interview?' We asked
him
6 'Do you ever go to the theatre?' I asked Lisa
7 'What time will you arrive?' He asked us
8 'How much money did you spend in the sales?" I asked
my girlfriend
9 'Can you help me?' Sally asked the policeman
10 'What size are you?' The shop assistant asked me
To change the direct speech "When are you leaving?" into reported speech, we need to move the reporting verb "asked" to the beginning and change the tense of the verb "are" from present simple to past simple, resulting in "My parents asked me when I was leaving."
2. She asked him if he had ever been engaged.
To change the direct speech "Have you ever been engaged?" into reported speech, we need to change the reporting verb "asked" to "if" and change the tense of the verb "have" from present perfect to past perfect, resulting in "She asked him if he had ever been engaged."
3. Anna asked Liam if he would be home early.
To change the direct speech "Will you be home early?" into reported speech, we need to change the reporting verb "asked" to "if" and change the tense of the verb "will" from future simple to past simple, resulting in "Anna asked Liam if he would be home early."
4. My sister asked me where I usually bought my clothes.
To change the direct speech "Where do you usually buy your clothes?" into reported speech, we need to change the reporting verb "asked" to "where" and keep the tense of the verb "do" as past simple, resulting in "My sister asked me where I usually bought my clothes."
5. We asked him if he wore a suit to the job interview.
To change the direct speech "Did you wear a suit to the job interview?" into reported speech, we need to change the reporting verb "asked" to "if" and change the tense of the verb "wear" from past simple to past perfect, resulting in "We asked him if he had worn a suit to the job interview."
6. I asked Lisa if she ever went to the theatre.
To change the direct speech "Do you ever go to the theatre?" into reported speech, we need to change the reporting verb "asked" to "if" and keep the tense of the verb "do" as past simple, resulting in "I asked Lisa if she ever went to the theatre."
7. He asked us what time we would arrive.
To change the direct speech "What time will you arrive?" into reported speech, we need to change the reporting verb "asked" to "what time" and change the tense of the verb "will" from future simple to past simple, resulting in "He asked us what time we would arrive."
8. I asked my girlfriend how much money she had spent in the sales.
To change the direct speech "How much money did you spend in the sales?" into reported speech, we need to change the reporting verb "asked" to "how much money" and change the tense of the verb "did" from past simple to past perfect, resulting in "I asked my girlfriend how much money she had spent in the sales."
9. Sally asked the policeman if he could help her.
To change the direct speech "Can you help me?" into reported speech, we need to change the reporting verb "asked" to "if" and keep the tense of the verb "can" as present simple, resulting in "Sally asked the policeman if he could help her."
10. The shop assistant asked me what size I was.
To change the direct speech "What size are you?" into reported speech, we need to change the reporting verb "asked" to "what size" and keep the tense of the verb "are" as past simple, resulting in "The shop assistant asked me what size I was."