Workbook 8 - Unit 1 Roads Less Taken - Reported Speech - Complete Solution

Grammar in Use

Reported Speech (Questions)

A. Imagine you live in Cochin and have just returned from a stay in Delhi. You meet Nadira, a friend of yours.
She asks you:

1. ‘How are you?’

2. ‘When did you return?’

3. ‘Which train did you take?’

4. ‘How long did the journey take?’

5. ‘What did you eat on the train?’

6. ‘Whom did you stay with in Delhi?’

7. ‘How did you spend your time there?’

8. ‘Which touristy places did you visit?’

9. ‘Why didn’t you have a longer holiday?’

10. ‘When are you visiting us?’

Now report each of the questions that Nadira asked you. The first one has been done for you.

1. She asked me how I was.

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4. ......................................................................................

5. ......................................................................................

6. ......................................................................................

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9. ......................................................................................

10. ....................................................................................

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Solved Answers:

1. She asked me how I was.

2. She asked me when I had returned.

3. She asked me which train I had taken.

4. She asked me how long the journey had taken.

5. She asked me what I had eaten on the train.

6. She asked me whom I had stayed with in Delhi.

7. She asked me how I had spent my time there.

8. She asked me which touristy places I had visited.

9. She asked me why I had not had a longer holiday.

10. She asked me when I was visiting them.