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    Reported Questions

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    Reported questions are a form of reported speech where a question that was originally direct is changed into an indirect question. There are a few key things that change in reported questions: the question word order changes to a statement word order, pronouns and verb tenses may need to change, and reported yes/no questions are introduced with "ask + if/whether" while question word questions are introduced with "ask + question word". Choice questions have the same structure as reported yes/no questions.

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    Reported questions are a form of reported speech where a question that was originally direct is changed into an indirect question. There are a few key things that change in reported questions: the question word order changes to a statement word order, pronouns and verb tenses may need to change, and reported yes/no questions are introduced with "ask + if/whether" while question word questions are introduced with "ask + question word". Choice questions have the same structure as reported yes/no questions.

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    Reported questions are a form of reported speech where a question that was originally direct is changed into an indirect question. There are a few key things that change in reported questions: the question word order changes to a statement word order, pronouns and verb tenses may need to change, and reported yes/no questions are introduced with "ask + if/whether" while question word questions are introduced with "ask + question word". Choice questions have the same structure as reported yes/no questions.

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    Reported questions are a form of reported speech where a question that was originally direct is changed into an indirect question. There are a few key things that change in reported questions: the question word order changes to a statement word order, pronouns and verb tenses may need to change, and reported yes/no questions are introduced with "ask + if/whether" while question word questions are introduced with "ask + question word". Choice questions have the same structure as reported yes/no questions.

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    Reported Questions

    Reported questions are one form of reported speech.

    direct question

    reported question

    She said: "Are you cold?"

    She asked me if I was cold.

    He said: "Where's my pen?"

    He asked where his pen was.

    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)

    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). The word order is like
    that of a normal statement (subject-verb-object).
    Reported YES/NO questions
    We introduce reported YES/NO questions with ask + if:

    direct question

    She said,

    "Do you like coffee?"

    reported question

    She asked

    if I liked coffee.

    Note that in the above example the reported question has no auxiliary "do". But
    there is pronoun change and backshift.
    Note that we sometimes use "whether" instead of "if". The meaning is the same.
    "Whether" is a little more formal and more usual in writing:

    They asked us if we wanted lunch.

    They asked us whether we wanted lunch.

    Reported question-word questions


    We introduce reported question-word questions with ask + question word:

    direct question

    He said,

    "Where

    do you live?"

    reported question

    He asked me

    where

    I lived.

    Note that in the above example the reported question has no auxiliary "do". But
    there is pronoun change and backshift.
    Remember that there are basically three types of question:
    1. YES/NO questions: Do you want tea?
    2. Question Word questions: Where did you drink tea?
    3. Choice questions: Do you prefer tea or coffee?
    Reported choice questions have the same structure as Reported YES/NO
    questions. Questions with the verb BE always have a different structure: Was the
    tea cold? Where is my tea? You can see all these differences in the examples below.
    Look at these example sentences:

    YES/NO questions

    question-word

    direct question

    reported question

    I said: "Can I help you?"

    I asked if I could help her.

    She said to us: "Did you feel


    cold?"

    She asked if we had felt cold.

    He said: "Are your hands cold?"

    He asked whether my hands were cold.

    He said: "Where are you going?"

    He asked me where I was going.

    questions

    choice questions

    direct question

    reported question

    He said: "Why didn't you say


    something?"

    He asked me why I hadn't said


    anything.

    He said: "When will they come?"

    He asked when they would come.

    He said: "Who has seen Avatar?"

    He asked me who had seen Avatar.

    He said: "How much might it


    cost?"

    He asked me how much it might cost.

    She said to me: "Where is the


    station?"

    She asked me where the station was.

    He asked, "Do you want tea or


    coffee?"

    He asked whether I wanted tea or


    coffee.

    He said, "Is the car new or


    second-hand?"

    He asked whether the car was new or


    second-hand.

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