Help the apprentice wizard update his magical logbook by choosing the correct grammar for each gap.
Master Merlin asked me why _______________________________ and instructed me _________________________ it immediately. He then warned me __________________________ levitation near his crystal vases, and wondered aloud _________________________ the laboratory window.
The correct answers are my wand was sparking, to drop, not to practice, and who had broken.
Reported Wh- Questions: Use standard subject-verb word order, not question word order.
- "Why is your wand sparking?" $\rightarrow$ "...why my wand was sparking."
Reported Commands: Use the to-infinitive for positive commands and not to + infinitive for negative commands.
- "Drop it!" $\rightarrow$ "...instructed me to drop it."
- "Don't practice!" $\rightarrow$ "...warned me not to practice."
Reported Subject Questions: When the question word (who) is the subject, the word order stays the same, but the tense must backshift (from Past Simple/Present Perfect to Past Perfect).
- "Who broke the window?" $\rightarrow$ "...wondered who had broken the window."