Reported Speech Questions

Reported Speech

Reporting Questions

• WH (What, When , Why, Who etc.) Retain the question word, but change the tense and the subject-verb word order When is Jane going? --> He asked me when Jane was going

• Who is she?

• He asked who she was.

Multiple Choice

Betty: "When does she leave?" Betty wanted to know:

• when did she leave

• when she left

• When she was leaving

Multiple Choice

Justin: "What are you doing?" Justin asked me

• What was I doing

• What I am doing

• What I was doing

YES OR NO QUESTIONS

• To report these questions we use if or whether

• Do you like tango? ... He wondered if I liked tango.

• Is she excited about this trip? .... He wanted to know If she was excited about that trip

• Does he have enough time? They wanted to know whether he had enough time

Multiple Choice

Rick: Do you want some ice cream? Rick asked me if

• I wanted some ice cream

• I do want some ice cream

Time references

• The time reference such as now, today, this morning, etc. MUST be changed

Multiple Choice

Ralph : "he will go to Paris tomorrow" He said that

• he would go to Paris the next day

• he would go to Paris tomorrow

Multiple Choice

Anne: "I am writing a letter now" Anne said that

• She was writing a letter now

• She was writing a letter then