Reporting Yes/No Questions | Class 10 Grammar Worksheet

In order to report Yes/No questions, we use the conjunction if or whether.

Examples are given below.

• The teacher asked the student, ‘Have you done your homework?’

We can report this question using if or whether.

• The teacher asked the student if she had done her homework.
• The teacher asked the student whether he had done his homework.

Direct and indirect speech worksheet | Reporting questions

Report the following questions.

1. She asked me, ‘Are you ready?’
2. I asked her, ‘Do you want to come with me?’
3. Suma asked Shyam, ‘Will you wait for me?’
4. The mother asked the child, ‘Did you eat the lunch?’
5. I asked the shopkeeper, ‘Do you sell milk?’
6. The child asked the man, ‘Do you know where the post office is?’

Answers

1. She asked me if I was ready. / She asked me whether I was ready.
2. I asked her if / whether she wanted to come with me.
3. Suma asked Shyam if /whether he would wait for her.
4. The mother asked the child if /whether she had eaten her lunch.
5. I asked the shopkeeper if / whether he sold milk.
6. The child asked the man if/whether he knew where the post office was.