Reported Questions

Reported Questions

1. A reported question is when we tell someone what another person asked. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech. direct speech: 'Do you like working in sales?' he asked. indirect speech: He asked me if I liked working in sales. In indirect speech, we change the question structure

2. 1. Use the question word. Why, how, what, where, which, when. 2. Change. Pronouns, verb tense, time and place expressions.

   • Example 1. Direct question: He asked, how are you? Indirect question: He asked me how I was.
   • Example 2. Direct question: He said where do you live? Indirect question: He asked me where I lived

3. To report yes/no questions. 1. Use If or whether. 2. Change. Pronouns, verb tense, time and place expressions.

   • Example 1. Direct question: He said do you love me? Indirect question: He asked me whether I loved him
   • Example 2. Direct question: He said, will you marry me? Indirect question: He asked me if I would marry him.