Reported vs indirect questions

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REPORTED QUESTIONS VS. INDIRECT QUESTIONS
Posedi GoranPosedi Maja G22
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Content

• Reported questions usage form examples

• Indirect questions
• usage
• form
• examples

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Reported questions

• USE
• When we want to tell what other people have asked
• -To paraphrase someones question
• TWO KIND OF REPORTED QUESTIONS
• - Yes/No questions - Wh questions

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Reported questions
FORM
- There is no change in word order
(Subject verb) -Verbs go back on
tense Present Simple ? Past Simple etc. -
There is no do/did in reported questions
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Reported questions
FORM
Yes/No questions - We use if to report
Yes/No questions Wh questions - For
Wh questions you have to use an inserted
question
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Reported questions
Examples
YES/NO QUESTIONS Do you know what a
transistor is? Mike asked me if I knew
what a transistor is. Do you know how to use
Pyhton? He asked her if she knew how to
use Pyhton. Wh QUESTIONS "What time is it?"
He asked me what time it was. "Why
hasn't he buy a laptop? She wondered why he
hadn't buy a laptop.
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Indirect questions

• USE
• When we want to be polite
• TWO KIND OF INDIRECT QUESTIONS
• - Yes/No questions - Wh questions

Could you show me how to buy on e-bay?
Yes, sure.
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Indirect questions
FORM
Yes/No questions - Introductory phrase
if/whether subject verb Wh questions
- Introductory phrase question word
subject verb
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Indirect questions
Examples
YES/NO QUESTIONS Could you tell me if you like
programming? Could you tell me if there is a
office somewhere? Wh QUESTIONS Could you
tell me where the CD is? May I ask you why is
my computer broken ?
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Literature

1. http//www.learnenglish.de/grammar/reportedspeech.
   htm
2. http//www.english-at-home.com/grammar/questions/
   
3. http//www.eslbase.com/grammar/indirect-questions
   
4. http//www.edufind.com/english/grammar/rep4.cfm