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Reported speech: questions
Do you know how to report a question that somebody asked? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.
Look at these examples to see how we can tell someone what another person asked.
direct speech: 'Do you work from home?' he said. indirect speech: He asked me if I worked from home. direct speech: 'Who did you see?' she asked. indirect speech: She asked me who I'd seen. direct speech: 'Could you write that down for me?' she asked. indirect speech: She asked me to write it down.
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Grammar B1-B2: Reported speech 2: 1
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Grammar explanation
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 (e.g. Do you like ) to a statement structure (e.g. I like ).
We also often make changes to the tenses and other words in the same way as for reported statements (e.g. have done → had done , today → that day ). You can learn about these changes on the Reported speech 1 – statements page.
Yes / no questions
In yes / no questions, we use if or whether to report the question. If is more common.
'Are you going to the Helsinki conference?' He asked me if I was going to the Helsinki conference. 'Have you finished the project yet?' She asked us whether we'd finished the project yet.
Questions with a question word
In what , where , why , who , when or how questions, we use the question word to report the question.
'What time does the train leave?' He asked me what time the train left. 'Where did he go?' She asked where he went.
Reporting verbs
The most common reporting verb for questions is ask , but we can also use verbs like enquire , want to know or wonder .
'Did you bring your passports?' She wanted to know if they'd brought their passports. 'When could you get this done by?' He wondered when we could get it done by.
Offers, requests and suggestions
If the question is making an offer, request or suggestion, we can use a specific verb pattern instead, for example offer + infinitive, ask + infinitive or suggest + ing.
'Would you like me to help you?' He offered to help me. 'Can you hold this for me, please?' She asked me to hold it. 'Why don't we check with Joel?' She suggested checking with Joel.
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Grammar B1-B2: Reported speech 2: 2
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Hello, dear teachers and team!
Could you please help me with the following:
- She asked me "Does the Earth turn around the Sun?"
Does it have to be: "She asked me if the Earth TURNED around the Sun" ?
Do we have to change the question into the past form here as well?
2. She asked: "Was coffee originally green"?
Is "She asked me if the coffee HAD BEEN originally green" correct option? Can I leave WAS in an inderect speech here?
3. Is "She asked me if I knew if the Sun IS a star" or "She asked me if I knew if the Sun WAS / HAD BEEN a star" (if any) correct?
I'm very very grateful for your precious help and thank you very much for your answering this post in advance!!!
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Hello howtosay_.
1. She asked me "Does the Earth turn around the Sun?" Does it have to be: "She asked me if the Earth TURNED around the Sun" ?
No, you can use the present here as well. The verb for this context would be 'go' rather than 'turn':
She asked me if the earth goes around the sun.
She asked me if the earth went around the sun.
Do we have to change the question into the past form here as well? 2. She asked: "Was coffee originally green"? Is "She asked me if the coffee HAD BEEN originally green" correct option? Can I leave WAS in an inderect speech here?
You can use either 'had been' or 'was' here. The adverb 'originally' removes any ambiguity.
3. Is "She asked me if I knew if the Sun IS a star" or "She asked me if I knew if the Sun WAS / HAD BEEN a star" (if any) correct?
You can use 'is' or 'was' here but not 'had been' as that would suggest the sun is not a star any more.
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She offered me to encourage studying English. She asked us if we could give her a hand.
He said, "I wished she had gone."
How to change this sentence into indirect speech?
Hello bhutuljee,
'He said that he wished she had gone.'
Best wishes, Kirk LearnEnglish team
He said, "I wish she went."
How to change the above sentence into indirect speech?
Hi bhutuljee,
It would be: "He said that he wished she had gone."
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He said , "She wished John would succeed."
This is the third sentence you've asked us to transform in this way. While we try to offer as much help as we can, we are not a service for giving answers to questions which may be from tests or homework so we do limit these kinds of answers. Perhaps having read the information on the page above you can try to transform the sentence yourself and we will tell you if you have done it correctly or not.
Hi, I hope my comment finds you well and fine. 1- reported question of "where did he go?"
Isn't it: She asked where he had gone?
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/b1-b2-grammar/reported-…
2- how can I report poilte questions with( can I, May I) For example: She asked me" Can I borrow some money?"
Your reply will be highly appreciated.
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Task: Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Pay special attention to changing pronouns and time phrases where necessary.
Reported statements — mixed tenses — Exercise 2
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Task: Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Pay special attention to changing pronouns where necessary.
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Reported questions – Exercise
Task no. 2323.
Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Always change the tense, although it is sometimes not necessary.
Peter, "Did John clean the black shoes?" Peter asked me
Peter asked me if John had cleaned the black shoes .
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Reported questions in English
- Christopher, "Do you want to dance?" Christopher asked me .
- Betty, "When did you come?" Betty wanted to know .
- Mark, "Has John arrived?" Mark asked me .
- Ronald, "Where does Maria park her car?" Ronald asked me .
- Elisabeth, "Did you watch the latest film?" Elisabeth asked me .
- Mandy, "Can I help you?" Mandy wanted to know .
- Andrew, "Will Mandy have lunch with Sue?" Andrew asked me .
- Justin, "What are you doing?" Justin asked me .
- Frank, "How much pocket money does Lisa get?" Frank wanted to know .
- Anne, "Must I do the shopping?" Anne asked .
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Do the exercises below about the reported speech (questions) and click on the button to check your answers.
(Before doing the exercise you may want to see the lesson on reported speech )
Transform these questions into reported speech (start the sentence with " she asked him ".)
- What is your name? → She asked him
- Where do you live? → She asked him
- What do you do for a living? → She asked him
- What time do you wake up? → She asked him
- Do you have a shower every morning? → She asked him
- Where did you go last weekend? → She asked him
- Why did you go there? → She asked him
- Did you enjoy going there? → She asked him
- Where are you going next weekend? → She asked him
- Will you be with your friends? → She asked him
- Can you take me with you? → She asked him
- What will the weather be like? → She asked him
- How are we going to get there? → She asked him
- Shall we take anything to eat? → She asked him
- What do you want me to bring? → She asked him
- Where are we going to spend the night? → She asked him
- Shall I take clean blankets? → She asked him
- Can I invite a friend of mine? → She asked him
- Are you sure? → She asked him
- What time shall we get back? → She asked him
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“What are you doing tomorrow?”
She asked me what were you doing the next day.
She asked me what I were doing the next day.
She asked me what I was doing the next day.
She asked me what I was doing the next day?
"Where do you walk the dog?"
She asked where I walk the dog.
She asked where I walked the dog.
She asked where you walk the dog.
The boy said to me, "What is your name?"
The boy asked what your name was.
The boy asked what my name was.
The boy asked what my name were.
The boy asked what was my name.
Zoe said to Gary, "When can we go to the beach?"
Zoe asked Gary when can we go to the beach.
Zoe asked Gary when could we go to the beach.
Zoe asked Gary when they could go to the beach.
Zoe asked Gary when could they go to the beach.
Where are you from? She asked me ________
where I am from
where I was from
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Where do you work? He asked me ________I _________
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Fill in the blanks with the correct word. When do you look at the stars? The reported speech is: We asked her _______she _______ at the stars.
Change the word in the brackets. I asked her where
her family ____ (live) before they came here, and she said Brazil.
Change the word in the brackets into the correct form. I asked her what her hobby ____ (be). She said ‘swimming’.
Joe: Dad, when can we go to France for our holidays? Joe asked his dad _______ they ________go to France for their holidays.
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Direct and indirect speech wh questions examples :, wh word used as the subject –, wh word used as the object – , wh word used as an adverb –, wh word + noun –, wh questions with auxiliary verbs :, (a) wh question with be verbs :, (b) wh questions with modal auxiliary verbs:, rules for direct and indirect speech of wh questions, start with 3 general rules:.
Change the Narration of Wh Questions - step by step process :–
In the indirect speech, the word order must be normal i.e. Subject + auxiliary verb + main verb + object.
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Direct and Indirect Speech of WH Question with Be-Verb :
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