10 Reported questions and verb patterns

“What do you do?” he asked.

• He asked me what I do.

• He asked me what I did.

“How often do you come here?” she asked.

• She asked me how often do I go there.

• She asked me how often I went there.

“How long have you known him?” she asked.

• She asked me how long I had known him.

• She asked me how long had I known him.

“Where do you live?” she asked.

• She asked me where did I live.

• She asked me where I lived.

“What have you been doing?”

• He asked me if I had been doing.

• He asked me what I had been doing.

'Are you going to the party?'

John asked me ...

• if I went to the party.

• if I were going to the party.

• if I was going to the party

• if were I going to the party.

'Can Melanie drive?'

She asked...

• if Melanie could drive.

• if could Melanie drive.

• if Melanie could drove

• if could drive Melanie.

'Have you read this book?'

He asked ...

• that if I had read that book.

• if I have read that book.

• if I had read that book.

• if I read that book.

My parents _____my sister not to leave school at sixteen.

• apologised

• begged

• refused

Our next door neighbour accused us___________too much noise late at night.

• to make

• of made

• of making