You have been away for a while and have just come back to your home town. You meet Gerry, a friend of yours. He asks you a lot of questions:
EXAMPLE:
Why did you come back? He asked me ***.
ANSWER:
Why i had come back?
Correct:
Incorrect:
Where have you been? He asked me where I had been.
How long have you been back? He asked me how long I had been back.
What are you doing now? He asked me what I was doing now.
Where are you living? He asked me where I was living.
Why did you come back? He asked me why I had come back.
Are you glad to be back? He asked me if I was glad to be back.
Do you have any plans to go away again? He asked me if I had any plans to go away again.
Can you lend me some money? He asked me if I could lend him some money.