Indirect Speech

[Deathless]

Hello,

I'm doing some english tests and i'm having some troubles. I'm trying to learn Reported Speech. I have a proposition like this:

"Who comes tonight?"

And the exercise says: He wants to know... (here is were i have to complete the sentence).

Shouldn't i have "He wanted to know..." ? I hope the exercise is wrong, not me.

Thank you for your time!

P.S If i were right, my answer would be something like "He wanted to know who came last night". right?

 

[AlexAD]

Not a teacher, nor a native.
Hm.. I think that the indirect speech can be used in both present and past tenses.

 

[bhaisahab]

Hello,

I'm doing some english tests and i'm having some troubles. I'm trying to learn Reported Speech. I have a proposition like this:

"Who comes tonight?"

And the exercise says: He wants to know... (here is were i have to complete the sentence).

Shouldn't i have "He wanted know..." ? I hope the exercise is wrong, not me.

Thank you for your time!

P.S If i were right, my answer would be something like "He wanted to know who came last night". right?

"Who comes tonight?" is a very odd question.

 

[Deathless]

Indeed. The exercise says rewrite each question in indirect speech, but i have no ideea how to rewrite that sentence. If anyone knows, please let me know.

Thank you!

 

[spongie]

I think I've never heard a sentence "Who comes tonight?". I usually hear "Who is coming tonight?".

 

[5jj]

I could ask, "Who comes from Norfolk Island and speaks Romanian?'

 

[Barb_D]

The question, as given, is so flawed that it seems pointless, but the answer I would give is "He asked who was coming that night."

 

[Deathless]

@ 5jj Fixed!

Thank you guys!

 

[5jj]

"Who comes tonight?"

And the exercise says: He wants to know...

Given this task, the answer is He wants to know who comes tonight, a very unlikely sentence.