1. Bob asked, "Where is Alice?"
- Bob wanted to know **where Alice was**.

2. "Why is the sky blue?" my three-year-old son often asks.
- My three-year-old son often asks me **why the sky is blue**.

3. My mother asked, "Why are you so tired?"
- My mother wondered **why I was so tired**.

4. Tom said, "When did you arrive in London?"
- Tom asked me **when I had arrived in London**.

5. George asked me, "What time does the play begin?"
- George wanted to know **what time the play began**.

6. Thomas said to us, "How can I help you?"
- Thomas asked us **how he could help us**.

7. The worker said, "When will the final decision be made?"
- The worker wanted to know **when the final decision would be made**.

8. Frank asked Ann, "Where have you been?"
- Frank asked Ann **where she had been**.

9. All of the farmers are asking, "When is this drought going to end?"
- All of the farmers are wondering **when this drought is going to end**.