Question

Rewrite the following questions in reported speech.

1. “Why doesn’t this computer work?” – the teacher asked us.

2. “What are you coping and pasting from the Net?” – My mother asked me.

3. “Did you install the antivirus I bought yesterday?” – my father asked.

4. “Hadn’t you already installed one before?” – my mother asked.

5. “What is the URL of the new site you told me about?” – Farrukh asked.

6. “Have you sent her an e-mail?” – the boy asked.

7. “Did she download the necessary fi les last week?” – the teacher asked.

8. “Was she sending mails when the headmaster arrived?” – Rakhim

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Answer 1

1. “Why doesn’t this computer work?” – the teacher asked us.

The teacher asked us why that computer work didn't work.

2. “What are you coping and pasting from the Net?” – My mother asked me.

My mother asked me what I was coping and pasting from the Net.

3. “Did you install the antivirus I bought yesterday?” – my father asked.

My father asked if you/I had installed the antivirus he had bought the day before?

4. “Hadn’t you already installed one before?” – my mother asked.

My mother asked if I hadn't already installed one before.

5. “What is the URL of the new site you told me about?” – Farrukh asked.

Farrukh asked what the URL of the new site was about you had told him.

6. “Have you sent her an e-mail?” – the boy asked.

The boy asked if I had ever sent her an e-mail.

7. “Did she download the necessary files last week?” – the teacher asked.

The teacher asked if she had downloaded the necessary files the previous week.

8. “Was she sending mails when the headmaster arrived?” – Rakhim asked.

Rakhim asked if she had been sending mails when the headmaster had arrived