Direct & Indirect Speech
Is this a direct or indirect question:
"Do you have any experience?"
Direct Question
What is the embedded question:
Can you tell us whether we should tip?
"Should we tip?"
Is this sentence describing a possibility, advice, or necessity?
"If you want to get a good score, you should study."
Advice
Choose the right options:
"If I (went / had gone) into business with him, I (might become / might have become) a success."
"If I had gone into business with him, I might have become a success."
Is this statement active or passive?
Today, millions of people read the magazine.
Active
Is this direct or indirect speech:
She asked if there was any homework due today.
Indirect
What is the embedded question:
"Can you tell me if my tip is enough?"
"Is my tip enough?"
Is this sentence describing a possibility, advice, or necessity?
"If you drive in the US, you must wear a seatbelt."
Necessity
Choose the right options:
"We (could have gone / could go) away if my father (had gotten / hadn't gotten) sick."
"We could have gone away if my father hadn't gotten sick."
Is this statement active or passive?
The picture was taken by a famous photographer.
Passive.
It is illegal for companies to ask ___ you have ever been arrested.
"if" or "whether (or not)"
Fix the mistake:
Do you know what should I do?
"Do you know what I should do?"
Is this sentence describing a possibility, advice, or necessity?
"If you want to find a good deal, you can arrive early."
Possibility
Choose the right options:
"If I (didn't help / hadn't helped) him, my boss (might have gone / might go) to jail."
"If I hadn't helped him, my boss might have gone to jail."
Make this sentence into a passive form:
410 million people speak Spanish.
Spanish is spoken by 410 million people.
Is this a direct or indirect question:
He asked, "Who told you about the job?"
Direct Question
Fix the mistake:
I'm not sure if to go.
"I'm not sure whether to go (or not)."
Make a present conditional sentence by combining these two parts:
I go to the store.
I can compare the prices easily.
"If I go to the store, I can compare prices easily"
OR
"I can compare prices easily if I go to the store."
Fix the mistake:
If I had gone, I can have seen you there.
"If I had gone, I could have seen you there."
Make this sentence into a passive form:
More that 20 million people play soccer.
Soccer is played by more that 20 million people.
Make this into an indirect question:
Companies can't ask, "How tall are you?"
"Companies can't ask how tall you are."
Fix the mistake:
"I don't understand why to tip."
"I don't understand why I should tip."
Make a present conditional sentence by combining these two parts:
You want to try some traditional food.
You should visit a farmers' market.
If you want to try some traditional food, you should visit a farmers' market.
OR
You should visit a farmers' market, if you want to try some traditional food.
Fix the mistake:
"If I would have had time I would have watched the movie."
"If I had had time, I would have watched the movie."
Make this sentence into a passive form:
Reggae music originated in Jamaica, where Bob Marley made it popular.
Reggae music originated in Jamaica, where it was made popular by Bob Marley.