Reported Questions In English.docx

Reported questions in English In Reported speech the question becomes a statement. The word ask in introductory sentences in Reported Questions can be substituted with

Tenses conversion from

to

Simple Present

Simple Past

Simple Past Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

other words, e.g. want to know/ wonder 

If there is a question without a question word,

will

would

Progressive forms

use whether or if in Reported Speech. Peter: “Do you play football?” → Peter

am/are/is was/were

asked me whether (if) I played football. has been

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If there is a question with a question word in Direct Speech, use this question word in Reported Speech.

Peter: “When do you play football?” → Peter asked me when I played football. IMPORTANT: The tense of the verb changes as it does in reported speech but we don’t use auxiliary verbs. The word order is the same as in an affirmative sentence.

was/were

had been

had been