8: LANGUAGE FOCUS | Tiếng Anh 9 (Friends Plus) | UNIT 8: SCARY - Lớp 9 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

Reported questions

1 Study the direct and reported questions. Then choose the correct options to complete the rules.

2 Choose the correct words.

When I got home, my mum asked me

1 why I am/was late

2 where I was / had been.

3 if I have/had seen a good film.

4 whether I am / was hungry.

5 what I am / was doing the next day.

6 if I have/had done my homework.

3 Report the questions.

'Did you see a good film?' Tom asked Lucy.

Tom asked Lucy if she had seen a good film.

1 'Where are you going?' Ellie asked Sam.

2 'Do you like rap?' Dad asked me.

3 'Can you help me?' Joe asked his sister.

4 'What time did you leave?' Tim asked Eric.

5 'Will you go with me?' my friend asked me.

6 'How did you get home?' Mum asked me.

Reported commands, requests, offers and suggestions

4 Study the direct and reported sentences in the table. Then match sentences 1-4 with types of sentences a-d.

a request   b command   c suggestion   d offer

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 The teacher offered.................... me a dictionary. (lend)

2 Marcus suggested that we.................... at 5.00 p.m. (meet)

3 She told Sam.................... his mobile phone to class. (not bring)

4 Mum asked us....................  her tidy the room.(help)

5 The judge told the prisoner.................... . (stand up)

6 Dad offered....................  me to the cinema. (drive)

6 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

1 'Help me with my homework, please,' Sally asked me.

2 'Why don't we watch a film tonight?' Steve suggested.

3 'Wait outside,' the police officer told us.

4 'I can make dinner this evening,' Mary said.

5 'Don't make noise,' the teacher told her students.

6 'Please don't give us homework,' we asked the teacher.

"When did you watch a horror film?"

Phong asked me when I had watched a horror film.