. exercise 5. change the following sentences into indirect speech.1. i asked the old gentleman, “are you feeling tired?”2. the hotel manager asked the visitors, “did you sleep well?”3. he asked his wife, “is the baby asleep or awake?”4. the teacher asked tom, “do you come to school by bus or on foot?”5. a man stopped me in the street and asked, “have you got a match?”6. the teacher asked us “do you understand the question or not?”7. henry’s father asked his son, “do you want to be an engineer or a doctor?” 8. 1 asked peter, “are you going to play football on friday or on saturday?” 9. the teacher asked me, “do you spell ‘swimming’ with one ’m’ or a double ’m’? 10. he asked his secretary, “has the postman been yet?”

1. I asked the old gentleman if he was feeling tired.
2. The hotel manager asked the visitors if they had slept well.
3. He asked his wife whether the baby was asleep or awake.
4. The teacher asked Tom whether he came to school by bus or on foot.
5. A man stopped me in the street and asked if I had got a match.
6. The teacher asked us whether we understood the question or not.
7. Henry’s father asked his son whether he wanted to be an engineer or a doctor.
8. I asked Peter whether he was going to play football on Friday or on Saturday.
9. The teacher asked me whether I spelled ‘swimming’ with one ‘m’ or a double ‘m’.
10. He asked his secretary if the postman had been yet.

To further improve your understanding of these transformations, you can review the grammatical rules for reported questions on British Council LearnEnglish or practice with the interactive exercises at Perfect English Grammar. Check the sequence of tenses in each sentence to ensure the past simple or past perfect forms are used correctly.