English Grammar Drills

Indirect Quotation 269
Exercise 15.5
Change the following direct quotation information questions to their corresponding indirect
question forms.
Kerry asked, “Why did you want to know that?”
Kerry asked why I wanted to know that.
1. Sam asked Harriet, “When will she begin the lesson?”
2. I asked him, “How often do you go shopping?”
3. They asked me, “Why did you want to move back to the city?”
4. She asked him, “Where did you park the car?”
5. I asked her, “Whom were you looking for?”
6. He asked the waitress, “How long will we wait before getting a table?”
7. She asked the children, “What story do you want to hear?”
8. He asked us, “How come the class broke up so early?”
9. She asked us, “Who knows where the library is?”
10. The cabdriver asked me, “Where do you want me to take you?”