Reported speech

"Where do you live?"

• a) Miho asked me where do I live.

• b) Miho asked me where I lived.

• c) Miho asked me where did I live.

"Don’t talk!"

• a) The teacher told us not to talk.

• b) The teacher told us to not talk.

"Have you finished with the computer?"

• a) She asked if had I finished with the computer.

• b) She asked if I had finished with the computer.

"Can I use your phone?"

• a) I asked her could I use her phone.

• b) I asked her if I could use her phone.

"When are you going back to Japan?"

• a) He asked when I was going back to Japan.

• b) He asked when was I going back to Japan.

"Why did you have to wait so long?"

• a) She wanted to know why we had to wait so long.

• b) She wanted to know why did we have to wait so long.

"Be quiet!"

• a) I told her be quiet.

• b) I told her to be quiet.

"Do you play chess?"

• a) He asked me do I play chess.

• b) He asked me if I did play chess.

• c) He asked me did I play chess.

• d) He asked me if I played chess.

"Where are my keys?"

• a) He wanted to know where were his keys.

• b) He wanted to know where his keys were.

"What’s she doing?"

• a) I wondered what was she doing.

• b) I wondered what she was doing.