1 Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.
1 The receptionist asked me show / to show / showing some ID.
2 The doctor asked me which shoulder hurting / did hurt / hurt more.
3 The nurse asked her how often did she / she did / does she intensive exercise.
4 I asked the doctor to give / can he give / gave me some stronger painkillers.
5 The patient asked somebody where was the waiting room / the waiting room was / is the waiting room.
6 I asked the lady in the pharmacy if they selling / do sell / sold hay fever tablets.
Answer
2 hurt
3 she did
4 to give
5 the waiting room was
6 sold
2 Look at the reported questions and write the questions in direct speech.
1 I asked the doctor if I would need an operation.
……‘Will I need an operation…………?’
2 The doctor asked me how long I’d had these symptoms.
‘………………………………………..?’
3 She wanted to know where the accident had happened.
‘………………………………………..?’
4 My friend asked me if I’d ever broken a bone.
‘………………………………………..?’
5 The phone operator asked if it was an emergency.
‘………………………………………..?’
6 I asked the taxi driver which hospital was closest.
‘………………………………………..?’
Answer
2 How long have you had these symptoms?
3 Where did the accident happen?
4 Have you ever broken a bone?
5 Is it an emergency?
6 Which hospital is closest?
3 Put the words in the correct order to make reported requests.
1 an / asked / ambulance / me / to / she / call
……She asked me to call an ambulance. ……
2 tidy / they / my / to / room / asked / me
………………………………………..
3 talk / her / I / not / loudly / to / asked
………………………………………..
4 asked / move / he / our / to / car / us
………………………………………..
5 to / them / asked / o’clock / at / come / seven / we
………………………………………..
6 his / asked / take off / him / she / shoes / to
………………………………………..
Answer
2 They asked me to tidy my room.
3 I asked her not to talk loudly.
4 He asked us to move our car.
5 We asked them to come at seven o’clock.
6 She asked him to take off his shoes.
4 Find and correct the mistakes in some of the sentences. Tick (✔) the correct sentences.
1 She asked me if I had understand the instructions. ✗
……She asked me if I had understood the instructions. ……
2 I asked what I should do if it doesn’t get better. ……
………………………………………..
3 I asked a policeman where was the nearest train station. ……
………………………………………..
4 The specialist asked me if I was allergic to anything. ……
………………………………………..
5 He asked me if I had ever ridden a horse before. ……
………………………………………..
Answer
2 ✔
3 I asked a policeman where the nearest train station was.
4 ✔
5 ✔
5 Read the conversation. Then complete Sandy’s reported story with reported questions.
Zookeeper: Does anybody want to hold it?
Sandy: Me!
Zookeeper: Have you ever held a snake before?
Sandy: No.
Zookeeper: Where are you from?
Sandy: Cardiff.
Zookeeper: Are there many pythons in your country?
Sandy: I don’t think so. In Wales?! Is there a hospital nearby in case it bites me?
Zookeeper: This one won’t bite.
Sandy: How many times have you been bitten by a snake?
Zookeeper: This week?
While I was on holiday in Florida, I went to the zoo, and one of the zookeepers was holding this enormous python. He asked 1……if anybody wanted to hold it…… . I shouted ‘Me!’ I went up to the front and he asked me 2………………………………………. . I said no, I hadn’t. This was the first time. He asked me 3………………………………………. , so I told him: Cardiff. Then he asked 4………………………………………. . I said, ‘I don’t think so. In Wales?’ Then he passed me the snake, but before I took it, I asked him 5………………………………………. . He promised me it wouldn’t bite. So I asked him 6………………………………………. . He looked at me and said, ‘This week?’
Answer
2 if I had ever held a snake before
3 where I was from
4 if there are/were many pythons in my country
5 if there was a hospital nearby in case it bit me
6 how many times he had been bitten by a snake
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