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questions and orders

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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?



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.

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

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