Eng9 changing direct questions to reported questions
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This document discusses the rules for changing direct questions to reported questions. It states that tense, sequence, and pronoun changes follow the same rules as changing direct statements to reported statements. Yes-no questions are introduced with "if" when reported, while choice questions use "whether." Information questions keep the same question word in both direct and reported forms. Examples are provided to illustrate each rule.
Eng9 changing direct questions to reported questions
- 1. Changing Direct Questions to Reported Questions
- 2. 1. The rules in tense sequence and pronoun changes are the same as those used when changing direct statements to reported statements.
- 3. 2. A yes-no question that is reported is introduced by if.
- 4. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH "Will you stay?" Nena asked Juliet. Nena asked Juliet if she would stay.
- 5. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH "Are you speaking Japanese?" he asked us. He asked us if we were speaking Japanese.
- 6. 3. A question that calls for a choice is introduced by whether when it is reported.
- 7. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH "Do you want chicos or pineapples?" the vendor asked us. The vendor asked us whether we wanted chicos or pineapples.
- 8. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH "Will you go to school or stay at home?" the mother enquired her son. The mother enqired her child whether he would go to school or stay at home.
- 9. 3. An information question, when reported, has the same question word as that used in the original question.
- 10. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH Karen asked Diether, "Where have you been?" Karen asked Diether where he had been.
- 11. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH The teacher asked the students, "How are you going to solve the problem?" The teacher asked the students how they were going to solve the problem.