What are the indirect questions to the direct questions?
Transformation exercise
Transform active sentences into passive sentences and the other way round. Use all the words of the original sentence.
Example: Satellites are used for different purposes. > We use satellites for different purposes.
Interview with a movie star
You will read some questions that a film star was asked in 1956. The reporter tells about it. Decide which of the indirect questions correspond to the asked direct questions.
"How many films have you made?"
I asked her if she had made many films.
I asked her how many films she had made.
I asked her how many films she made.
I asked her how many films she has made.
"Do you enjoy making films?"
I asked her if she enjoys making films.
I asked her if she enjoyed making films.
I asked her why she enjoyed making films.
I asked her if she had enjoyed making films.
"How many times were you married?"
I asked her how many times she had been married.
I asked her how many times she had married.
I asked her how many times she had be married.
I asked her how many times she was married.
"Are you going to retire soon?"
I asked her if she is going to retire soon.
I asked her if she would retire soon.
I asked her if she were going to retire soon.
I asked her if she was going to retire soon.
"Do you prefer American films or European films?"
I asked her if she prefers American films or European films,
I asked her if she would prefer American films or European films,
I asked her if she had prefered American films or European films,
I asked her if she prefered American films or European films,
"When will you make your next film?"
I asked her when she would make her next film.
I asked her if she would make her next film.
I asked her when she would made her next film.
I asked her when she was going to make her next film.
"Who is your favourite actor at the momen?"
I asked her who her favourite actor is back then.
I asked her who her favourite actor had been back then.
I asked her who her favourite actor was back then.
I asked her who her favourite actor was at the moment.
"Why haven't you been nominated for an Oscar?"
I asked her why she hadn't nominated for an Oscar.
I asked her why she hadn't been nominated for an Oscar.
I asked her why she hasn't been nominated for an Oscar.
I asked her why she haven't been nominated for an Oscar.
"Will you be here to promote your new film next month?"
I asked her if she would be there to promote her new film next month.
I asked her if she would be here to promote her new film the following month.
I asked her if she would be here to promote your new film the following month.
I asked her if she would be there to promote her new film the following month.
"What do you think about cosmetic surgery?"
I asked her what she thinks about cosmetic surgery.
I asked her what she would think about cosmetic surgery.
I asked her what she had thought about cosmetic surgery.
I asked her what she thought about cosmetic surgery.