On this page: Form and meaning; Teaching ideas; Form & meaning. These general rules for reported speech also apply.. When we report questions, the subject comes before the verb.
Structures of reported questions. Is it better to wait? She asked if it was better to wait. Have you been to Spain? He asked if I’d (I had) been to Spain. Why? She asked me why did I work so much. She asked me why I worked so much. The word order in reported questions is: subject + verb.
Reported questions are one form of reported speech. We usually introduce reported questions with the verb "ask": He asked (me) if / whether ... (YES/NO questions) He asked (me) why / when / where / what / how ... (question-word questions)
Reported Questions – Answers: 21. She asked me where he was. 22. She asked me what I was doing. 23. She asked me why I went (had gone) out last night. 24. She asked me who that beautiful woman was. 25. She asked me how my mother was. 26. She asked me what I was going to do at the weekend. 27. She asked me where I would live after graduation. 28.
If the reported question refers to a past situation, the verb in the reported question clause should go in the past. But if the reported question refers to a ...
As with reported statements, we may need to change pronouns and tense (backshift) as well as time and place in reported questions. But we also need to change the word order . After we report a question, it is no longer a question (and in writing there is no question mark).
To make the reported question, the subject and 'be' reverse the order. The first question doesn't have a subject complement, but the second one does, so this is ...
When there is a question word (what, where, why, who, when, how) we use that question word in the reported question but there is no auxiliary verb and the word ...
Yes / no questions In yes / no questions, we use if or whether to report the question. If is more common. 'Are you going to the Helsinki conference?' He asked me if I was going to the Helsinki conference. 'Have you finished the project yet?' She asked us whether we'd finished the project yet. Questions with a question word
Reported or indirect questions in English Reported questions and verb tenses in English While expressing reported statements in English is relatively easy to master, putting direct questions into reported speech can often cause problems for the learner. The simplest way to master the rules or structures is to start with a few varied direct ...
These general rules for reported speech also apply. ... I have a question, my English teacher said we never inverted the subjects in the reported questions. But in your work I saw that you are inverted the subjects in that reported question. Can you tell me why you do this? Reply.
This type of question is reported by using 'ask' (or another verb like 'ask') + question word + clause. The clause contains the question, in normal word order ...
A reported question is when we tell someone what another person asked. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech. direct speech: 'Do you like working in sales?' he asked. indirect speech: He asked me if I liked working in sales. In indirect speech, we change the question structure (e.g.
So now you have no problem with making reported speech from positive and negative sentences. But how about questions? Direct speech: Where do you live? How can ...