W1 Reported Speech - Questions
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Reported Structure
Question
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Direct Question
Direct Question is used to give the exact words used by another speaker. The words are given between quotation marks (“ ”) in writing.
Example: Alex asked, "Have you been to my apartment?"
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Indirect Question
The reporting of something said or written by conveying what was meant rather than repeating the same words.
Example: He asked me whether I would go as opposed to he asked me, “will you go?” Also called reported speech.
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Structure of reported questionsWhen transforming questions, check whether you have to change:
Pronouns
* Example:
Direct Speech: "How do you know that?" she asked me.
Reported Speech: She asked me how I knew that.
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Structure of reported questions
Tenses
* Example:
Direct Speech: The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?”
Reported Speech: The teacher wanted to know who spoke English.
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Structure of reported questions
Place and time expressions
* Example:
Direct Speech: "How long have you worked here?” She asked.
Reported Speech: She asked me how long I'd worked there.
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Structure of reported questions
Use the interrogative or if / whether
Example: Type Example
with interrogative
Direct speech “Why don’t you speak English?”
Reported speech He asked me why I didn’t speak English
without interrogative
Direct speech “Do you speak English?”
Reported speech He asked me whether/if I spoke English
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The auxiliary verb‚ ‘do’ is not used in indirect questions.
Example:
Direct question: He asked: “Where does she live?”
Reported speech: He asked where she lived.
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More examples:Direct Speech: She asked, "Is it better to wait?”
Reported Speech: She asked if it was better to wait.
Direct Speech: "Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.
Reported Speech: The mother asked her daughter where she had been.
Direct Speech: "Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.
Reported Speech: He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema.
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More examples:
Direct Speech: "How do you know that?" she asked me.
Reported Speech: She asked me how I knew that.
Direct Speech: "Has Caron talked to Kevin?" my friend asked me.
Reported Speech: My friend asked me if Caron had talked to Kevin.