Reported speech
questions and orders

Reported speech questions and orders - exercise 6

Change the reported questions and orders into direct questions and orders.

He asked me to stand up immediately.
Stand up immediately.

He asked me if I was sleepy after the late night show.
Are you sleepy after the late night show?

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Miriam asked me what I wanted from her. "What from me?" Miriam asked me.

Sam wondered if they had arrived to the cinema on time. " to the cinema on time?" wondered Sam.

I advised my guests not to go out late at night. " out late at night," I advised my guests.

My grandma wanted to know why I was crying. "Why ?" my grandma wanted to know.

My fiancé asked me whether I would marry him the following year. " marry me next year?" my fiancé asked me.

The lecturer asked me not to interrupt her in the middle of her lecture. " interrupt me in the middle of my lecture," the lecturer asked me.

He wanted to know if he should lock the back door. " lock the back door?" he wanted to know.

She wondered whether she might use my laptop. " laptop?" she wondered.

Nicol asked me to join her the following day. " ," Nicol asked me.

Lily told me not to eat so much ice cream. " so much ice cream," Lily told me.

He wondered if I had received his text message. " my text message?" he wondered.

Ezra asked us what we had been doing so long. "What so long?" Ezra asked us.

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Reported speech exercises on statements, questions and orders + grammar rules for intermediate and advanced learners of English.

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