5. Fill the blanks with who or whom. Tell, in each sentence, whether who or whom is an interrogative or a relative pronoun.
- 1. I know —— it was that broke the window.
- 2. I know —— it was that you saw.
- 3. I know —— you saw.
- 4. I know the person —— you saw.
- 5. I asked if the man —— we saw was Douglas.
- 6. I asked if the boy —— broke the window was Archer.
- 7. I know —— it was you overheard.
- 8. Tell me —— it is that I resemble.
- 9. Tell me —— I resemble.
- 10. Tell me —— you think I resemble.
- 11. Tell me if I resemble anybody —— you know.
6. Turn all the indirect questions which you have just written into direct questions.
7. Construct sentences in which each of the verbs (or verb-phrases) is followed by an indirect question:—
- asked,
- tell,
- inquire,
- is learning,
- see,
- might discover,
- had heard,
- have
- found,
- doubt,
- have perceived,
- is thinking,
- wonders,
- knew,
- was told,
- understands,
- to comprehend,
- is,
- could ascertain,
- has reported,
- will announce.
EXERCISE 56
([§ 447], [p. 182])
1. Turn each indirect question into the direct form. Explain the use of shall, should, will, would.
1. “I doubt,” said Donatello, “whether they will remember my voice now.” 2. I did not know whether to resent his language or pursue my explanations. 3. I clambered to its apex, and then felt much at a loss as to what should be next done. 4. How we shall live I cannot imagine. 5. When I shall get to town I cannot divine, but it will be between this and Christmas. 6. I scarcely know which of us three would be the sorriest. 7. I can feel for you, because I know what I should feel in the same situation. 8. Let us see if she will know you. 9. I wonder how you will answer me a year hence. 10. I asked if Georgiana would accompany her. 11. You must see the carriage, Jane, and tell me if you don’t think it will suit Mrs. Rochester exactly, and whether she won’t look like Queen Boadicea, leaning back against those purple cushions.—C. Brontë. 12. Catherine had no idea why her father should be crosser or less patient in his ailing condition than he was in his prime. 13. Mr. Hindley will have to proceed to extremities,—see if he won’t!
2. Fill the blanks with the proper auxiliary (shall, should, will, would). Then change each indirect question to the direct form.
- 1. Tom asked me if I —— like to go with him.
- 2. They inquired whether I —— prefer to go or to stay.
- 3. She asked me if I —— help her.
- 4. Tell me whether he —— consent or not.
- 5. He wishes to know if you —— recommend him.
- 6. I was in doubt whether I —— succeed or fail.
- 7. I do not know whether you —— find her at home or at her uncle’s.
- 8. He is in doubt whether or not he —— get the appointment.
- 9. We think we —— like to sail on the twentieth.
- 10. He thinks he —— like to be a farmer.