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REPORTED SPEECH 2: QUESTIONS, COMMANDS AND EXCLAMATIONS. RULES & PRACTICE
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REPORTED SPEECH � Reporting People�s Speech & Thoughts with �WH- Questions, THAT, IF, & WHETHER�- (( definitions & 50 sentences to complete )) � elementary/intermedi ate � (( B&W VERSION INCLUDED ))
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REPORTED QUESTIONS
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Reported Speech - Questions
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INDIRECT SPEECH - QUESTIONS
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Indirect questions
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Reported or Indirect��Questions

� Yes/ No Questions �Wh questions
When a yes/no question is changed to a sentence whether of if is used to intoduce the clause.
Example:
Yes/No question���������������������������������������� Reported Questions
Will she go?�������������������������������������������I don't know if/whether she will go.
Do you exercise?�������������������������������� I don't�remember if/whether I exercise.
Does she exercise?������������������������������ I don't know if/whether she exercises.
Did she exercise?�������������������������������� I don't know if/whether she exercised.
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In a statement you cannot use question order. When making a reported questions the subject precedes the verb.
Notice: The auxiliary verbs do-does-did�(used as auxiliaries)�are deleted in a reported wh-question.
Question���������������������������� Reported question
������������aux. Sub�Verb������������������������������������� Sub Verb
Where does she go?����������I don't know where she goes.
What do you do?������������� I can't remember what I do.
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With the question word who the word order is the same in the question and in the reported question because WHO is the subject in both.
���S������ V�������������������������������������������� S���� V
Who��� ate ?������������������� I don't know who� �ate.
Who��� came?�������������������I don�t know who came.
Who���� is happy?�������������� I don't know who� is���� happy.
If there is a subject in the question, this subject is placed in front of the verb be.
��������V���� S������������������������������������������������������ S��������� V
Who is that man?�������������� I don�t know who that man��� is.
Who are they ?������������ I don�t know who���������� they����� are.

Yes/No Questions

1. The interviewer asked me, "Do you work?"
2. The interviewer asked me, "Are you ready?"
3. The interviewer inquired, "Did you kill him?"
4.� The police asked, "Do you work for the mafia?
5. The lady asked,� "Does she drink tea?"
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Wh Questions
1. The athlete wondered " How did he win?"
2. The teacher asked, "When did you do your homework?"�
3. I wonder "How did he do it?"�
4. My mother asked me "Where is your sweater?
5. He asked her� "Why are you crying?"