Worksheet Solutions: Statements | English Grammar for Class 9 PDF Download

Q. Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note the change of pronouns and tenses.
(i) “How are you?” Martin asked us.
→ Martin asked us

“How are you?” Martin asked us.
→ Martin asked us how we were.

(ii)“Where have you been?” the mother asked her daughter.
→ The mother asked her daughter

“Where have you been?” the mother asked her daughter.
→ The mother asked her daughter where she had been.

(iii) “What are they doing?” she asked.
→ She wanted to know

“What are they doing?” she asked.
→ She wanted to know what they were doing.

(iv) The teacher asked, “Who speaks English?”
→ The teacher wanted to know

The teacher asked, “Who speaks English?”
→ The teacher wanted to know who spoke English.

(v) “Has Caron talked to Kevin?” my friend asked me.
→ My friend asked me

“Has Caron talked to Kevin?” my friend asked me.
→ My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin

(vi) “Where is my umbrella?” she asked.
→ She asked

“Where is my umbrella?” she asked.
→ She asked where her umbrella was.

(vii) He asked, “Do I have to do it?”
→ He asked

He asked, “Do I have to do it?”
→ He asked if he had to do it.

(viii) “Which dress do you like best?” she asked her boyfriend.
→ She asked her boyfriend

“Which dress do you like best?” she asked her boyfriend.
→ She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best.

(ix)“Are you going to the cinema?” he asked me.
→ He wanted to know

“Are you going to the cinema?” he asked me.
→ He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema.

(x) “How do you know that?” she asked me.
→ She asked me 

“How do you know that?” she asked me.
→ She asked me how I knew that.