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Reported questions: yes / no and wh- questions

English Secondary 3 Term 1, Unit 6 Lesson 3: pp. 88–89

GoalReport yes / no questions with if or whether and wh- questions with the question word, without inversion and with the right tense.

New words

reported question · a question that we tell to another person in our own wordsinversion · putting the verb before the subject, as in a direct questionif / whether · the words that start a reported yes / no questionquestion word · what, where, when, why, howone step back · the tense moves back in timewonder · to ask yourself a question

Explanation

A reported question tells what another person asked, without the exact words. Rules: 1. Use asked, wondered or inquired. 2. Yes / no questions: use if or whether. Wh- questions: keep the question word. 3. Change the word order: subject before verb, no do / does / did, no question mark. 4. Go one step back in tense: am / is → was; do / does → past simple; did → had + past participle; have been → had been; will → would; can → could. 5. Change time words: today → that day, tomorrow → the next day, next week → the following week, last night → the night before, now → then. Slips: asked do I want, asked where did I. The book’s items on pages 88 and 89 are named by page.

Direct question	Reported question	What changed
“Do you walk to school?”	She asked if I walked to school.	do → past simple, if
“Where did you stay?”	She asked where I had stayed.	did → had stayed
“Will you come tomorrow?”	He asked whether I would come the next day.	will → would, tomorrow → the next day
“Can you help me?”	He wondered if I could help him.	can → could

Worked examples

Yes / no: “Do you like the new timetable?” Dina asked. → Dina asked if I liked the new timetable. No inversion and no question mark.

Wh-: “Where are you going?” he asked. → He asked where I was going. The question word stays; the verb is after the subject.

Time shift: “Will you join the club next week?” she asked. → She asked whether I would join the club the following week.

Slip: “He asked me where did I live” is wrong; write He asked me where I lived.

Class activity

Write four direct questions that a new student might ask on the first day (about the canteen, the timetable, the library and the bus). Then change each one into a reported question that begins She asked … or He wondered …. Check word order and tense.