1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. REPORTED QUESTIONS

5.  Yes/no questions  W/H-questions Kind of questions:

6.  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

7. 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.

8.  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

9. 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.

10.  “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: