Question

Report the dialogue between a flight attendant and a passenger by filling in the blank: Attendant: Did you have your dinner, sir? Passenger: Yes, thank you! The flight attendant asked the passenger _________. The passenger replied in affirmation and thanked him.

Hint:

Convert yes/no questions using “asked if/whether + subject + past perfect.”

Answer 1

The flight attendant asked the passenger
if he had had his dinner
.
Alternative correct completions:

• The flight attendant asked the passenger
  whether he had had his dinner
  .
• The flight attendant asked the passenger
  if he had eaten his dinner
  .
• The flight attendant asked the passenger
  whether he had taken his dinner
  .

Explanation of changes in reported speech:
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline
Direct Speech
&
Reported Speech

\hline Did you have & if he had had
\hline your dinner & his dinner
\hline Question form & Statement form
\hline \end{tabular}
Step-by-step transformation:

• The question "Did you have your dinner, sir?" is a Yes/No question, so we use
  if/whether
  to introduce the reported question.
• The reporting verb "asked" is in past tense, so we apply backshift of tenses:
  • "Did have" (simple past) changes to
    "had had"
    (past perfect)
• Pronoun changes:
  • "You" (passenger) changes to
    "he"
    
  • "Your" changes to
    "his"
    
• The question format changes to statement format (subject + verb).
• "Sir" is omitted in reported speech as the relationship is clear from context.

Complete reported sentence:
"The flight attendant asked the passenger
if he had had his dinner
. The passenger replied in affirmation and thanked him."