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Title: Family Catch-Up
Scene 1 – At
the Family Dinner (Direct Speech)
(The whole
family is seated around the table, eating and chatting.)
Mom:
Where are you working now, Anna?
Aunt Carol:
What kind of company have you joined?
Grandpa:
Why haven’t you visited me recently, Ben?
Grandma:
How are you managing with your studies and work?
Uncle Peter:
Who taught you to cook that pasta dish, Anna?
Dad:
What ingredients did you use for that sauce?
Mom (again,
smiling): And when are you planning to settle down, Ben?
(Everyone
laughs. The dinner continues with small talk and jokes.)
Scene 2 –
Later That Night in the Kitchen (Reported Speech)
(Anna and
Ben are having coffee after dinner.)
Anna:
Dinner was endless! Everyone kept asking me questions.
Ben:
Yeah, Mom told me she had asked you where you were working now.
Anna:
Exactly. And Aunt Carol wanted to know what kind of company I had joined.
Ben:
Grandpa wasn’t any better. He asked me why I hadn’t visited him recently.
Anna:
Oh, Grandma also asked how you were managing with your studies and work.
Ben:
(Smiling) I didn’t even know she remembered that!
Anna:
Uncle Peter wanted to know who had taught me to cook that pasta dish.
Ben: And
Dad asked me what ingredients you had used, as if he wanted to copy your
recipe.
Anna:
(Laughs) Typical Dad! And Mom said she’d asked you when you were planning to
settle down.
Ben:
(Sighs) Oh yes… that question again. I told her she should ask who would be
willing to marry me first!
(They both
laugh and clink their coffee mugs.)
📘 Grammar Chart: Reported Wh-Questions
Reporting
verb + wh-word + subject + verb (backshifted)
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Example:
Mom asked where
I was working.
Aunt Carol wanted to know what kind of company I had joined.
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Key Notes
- ❌ No auxiliary do / does
/ did in reported questions.
- ❌ No question mark.
- 🔁 Backshift the
tense one step into the past (if reporting verb is in past).
- 👤 Adjust pronouns
and time expressions (now → then, today → that day, etc.).
- 💬 Common reporting
verbs: ask, want to know, wonder, say, tell (someone), inquire.
Individual Exercise of Reported Wh- quesitons
https://www.engblocks.com/grammar/exercises/reported-speech/reported-wh-questions-exercise-1/
Oral Review Exercise of Reported Questions
https://wordwall.net/resource/11113375/english/reported-questions-yes-no-wh-and-do-did
Reported Commands, orders and Requests
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Scene: Family Dinner Preparation
(The family
is gathered in the kitchen before dinner.)
Mom (direct
speech):
“Tom, set the table, please.”
“Anna, don’t use your phone while we eat.”
“Dad, help me bring the dishes.”
Dad:
“All right. Tom, put the glasses on the table carefully.”
“And Anna, don’t forget to wash your hands before dinner.”
Tom:
“Mom, could you tell Grandma to come downstairs now?”
Anna:
“Please don’t make me peel the vegetables again!”
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Scene 2: Later That Evening – Reported Speech
(Grandma
joins them and asks what everyone was told to do.)
Grandma:
“What did your parents ask you to do?”
Tom:
“Mom told me to set the table and Dad ordered me to put the glasses carefully
on it.”
“She also asked Dad to help her bring the dishes.”
“Oh, and she told Anna not to use her phone while eating.”
Anna:
“Dad reminded me to wash my hands before dinner and Mom told me not to complain
about peeling the vegetables.”
Grandma:
“So many instructions! Your parents always know how to keep things running
smoothly.”
Mom
(smiling):
“Well, I just want everyone to cooperate and not start arguing again.”
Grandma
(reported later to a friend):
“During dinner, my daughter asked everyone to cooperate and told them not to
argue again. She sounded like a general, but a loving one.”
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