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Change the following into
direct questions. Be careful of your tenses |
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He wanted to know if
I would change places with him.
"Will you change
places with me ?" he wanted to know.
She demanded to know
what the man had to say for himself.
"What have you to
say for yourself ?" she demanded. |
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The woman wondered anxiously
whether her husband would get home safely. |
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The man asked them whether they
should loiter around in such a place. |
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I asked my brother whether he had
collected the mail. |
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The policeman demanded to know what
had been going on in the casino. |
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She enquired of her husband if the
weather was not too rough for fishing. |
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I asked Jane if she would lend me a
pencil. |
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The teacher wants to know where
they have put the books. |
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They asked us where we had gone
during the interval. |
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She asked herself whether she had
done right. |
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He wants to know if the road has
been repaired yet. |
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He demanded to know what they had
done so far to remedy the situation. |
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The lawyer asked him why he was
snooping round the house. |
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The child asked his mother where
she had put the jam tarts. |
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The little boy pestered his parents
to buy him a toy train. |
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She enquired whether his name was
Alfred. |
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He wondered why nobody was at home. |
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Miss Hillman asked the
fortune-teller what her future would be like. |
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The boys asked their teacher
whether they should go now. |
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The students marveled at how anyone
could get distinctions for all the subjects in the examination. |
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The scoutmaster asked the scouts if
they would like to build a hut up in the tree. |
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Answers |
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"Will my husband get home safely ?"
the woman thought anxiously. |
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The man asked them, "Should you
loiter around in such a place ?" |
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"Have you collected the mail ?" I
asked my brother. |
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The policeman asked, "What has been
going on in the casino ?" |
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"Isn't the weather too rough for
fishing ?" she asked her husband. |
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I asked Jane, "Will you lend me a
pencil ?" |
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The teacher asks them, "Where have
you put the books ?" |
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They asked us, "Where did you go
during the interval ?" |
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She asked herself, "Did I do right
?" |
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"Has the road been repaired yet ?"
he asks. |
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"What have you done so far to
remedy the situation ?" he demanded of them. |
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The lawyer asked him, "Why are you
snooping round the house ?" |
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"Mother, where did you put the jam
tarts ?" the child asked. |
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The little boy kept saying to his
parents, "Buy me a toy train." |
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She asked him, "Is your name Alfred
?" |
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He thought to himself, "Why isn't
anybody at home ?" |
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Miss Hillman asked the
fortune-teller, "What will my future be like ?" |
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The boys asked their teacher,
"Shall we go now ?" |
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The students exclaimed, "How can
anyone get distinctions for all the subjects in the examination
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The scoutmaster asked the scouts,
"Would you like to build a hut up in the tree ?" |
