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REPORTED QUESTIONS

Is when we tell someone what another person asked

Use different types of questions

We can use direct speech or indirect speech

Examples

REPORTED QUESTIONS

DIRECT QUESTIONS

Reported questions are one form of reported speech

He said: "Where's my pen?"

He asked where his pen was.

NOTES:

Note that we sometimes use "whether" instead of "if". The meaning is the same. "Whether" is a little more formal and more usual in writing:

Note that in the above example the reported question has no auxiliary "do". But there is pronoun change and backshift.

They asked us if we wanted lunch.

They asked us whether we wanted lunch.

MORE EXAMPLES:

DIRECT QUESTIONS

REPORTED QUESTIONS

He said,"Where do you live?"

He asked me where I lived.

I said: "Can I help you?"

I asked if I could help her.