Valentina García- Inglés IV

  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 ...

Reported speech  is how we represent the speech of other people or what we ourselves say. There are two main types of reported speech: direct speech and indirect speech. Direct speech repeats the exact words the person used, or how we remember their words: Barbara said,   “I didn’t realise it was midnight.” In indirect speech, the original speaker’s words are changed. Barbara said  she hadn’t realised it was midnight . In this example,  I  becomes  she  and the verb tense reflects the fact that time has passed since the words were spoken:  didn’t realise  becomes  hadn’t realised . Indirect speech focuses more on the content of what someone said rather than their exact words: “I’m sorry,”  said Mark.  (direct) Mark  apologised .  (indirect: report of a speech act) RULES  EXAMPLE INDIRECT SPEECH AND VERBS ‘“Why are you fighting here in Gondor?” they asked’ (‘Present Continuous’). – ‘They asked me why...