Direct QuestionsIndirect Questions What is your job? She asked me what my job was. Have any of you got money problems? She asked if any of us had got money problems. Why did you come here? She wanted to know why we had come here. Are you going to make Ireland your home? She wanted to know whether we were going to make Ireland our home.
Direct QuestionsIndirect Questions Did you find life difficult here when you first arrived? She also asked me if we’d found life difficult when we first arrived. Were the people friendly? She wanted to know if the people had been friendly. How long have you been here? She asked me how long I had been here. Is Ireland different from Cuba? She asked me if Ireland was different from Cuba.
Direct QuestionsIndirect Questions Has the town changed since you arrived? She asked me whether the town had changed since we’d arrived here. Well, now there’s ‘merengue’ music.... And they serve spicy Cuban food I told her about the music and the new pub food. Do you miss Cuba? She asked me if I missed Cuba Do you think you will ever go back? She asked me if I thought I would ever go back.
REPORTED QUESTIONS
Yes/no questions W/H-questions Kind of questions:
Use reported clause/main verb Followed by a clause beginning with either if/whether Use the same word order as in a statement How to report :Yes/no question
Direct QuestionsIndirect Questions Has the town changed since you arrived? She asked me whether the town had changed since we’d arrived here. Do you miss Cuba? She asked me if I missed Cuba Do you think you will ever go back? She asked me if I thought I would ever go back. Have any of you got money problems? She asked if any of us had got money problems.
Use reported clause/main verb Followed by a clause beginning with wh- word: What/When/Who/Why/Where/Which/How Use the same word order as in a statement WH Questions
Direct QuestionsIndirect Questions What is your job? She asked me what my job was. Why did you come here? She wanted to know why we had come here. How long have you been here? She asked me how long I had been here.
“When are you leaving?” She asked me when I was leaving “Can we stop at the next village?” She asked me whether/if we could stop at the next village. Example: