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Structures of reported questions |
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direct speech |
She asked, "Is it better to wait?" |
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direct speech |
He asked, "Have you been to Spain?" |
| Reported questions - common mistakes | ||
| Common mistakes | Correct version | Why? |
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She asked me why I worked so much. | The word order in reported questions is: SUBJECT + VERB. |
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She asked me if it was raining. | Yes/no questions (closed questions) begin with if when they become reported questions. |
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She asked me if I had been to Bristol. |
If the reporting verb (in this case ask) is in the past tense, the tenses used in the original sentence have to change: I am becomes I was I can becomes I could I have been becomes I had been. |
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She asked me what I did for a living. |
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