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Reported questions are a part of Reported Speech. Read the post to find out how we introduce them and what changes appear when reporting a question.

Word order in reported questions

When we report a question, we change the word order of the question – it becomes the same word order as a statement.

Note: We do not use the auxiliary do, does or did in reported questions:

Wrong: He asked what time did the flight leave Paris.

Right: He asked what time the flight left Paris.

We make the same changes in tense, pronouns and time and place words as for reported statements:

The reporter asked, ‘Did you tell us the truth yesterday, Minister?’

The reporter asked the Minister if he had told them the truth the day before.

We don’t use question marks in reported questions:

Wrong: They asked if I was satisfied with the room?

Right: They asked if I was satisfied with the room.

Reported yes / no questions

We introduce reported yes /no questions with ask / want to know + if or whether:

‘Has your union agreed on the new pay deal?’

A reporter asked the leader if his union agreed on the new pay deal.

‘Did the Minister answer your questions?’

She asked me whether the Minister had answered my questions.

‘Have you ever lived in this city? Why do you like it?’

They wanted to know if I had always lived in the city and why I liked it.

With if and whether we can add or not at the end of the question:

She asked if/whether the Minister had answered my question or not.

Reported wh – questions

We introduce reported wh – question with ask / want to know + wh-word:

‘When will the article appear in the newspaper?’

They asked us when the article would appear in the newspaper.

‘Where is the cash desk?’

She wanted to know where the cash desk was.

We don’t use an object after want to know:

Wrong: They wanted to know me why I liked it.

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3. “I guess you are right,” she said.	She had to admit that her friend
	was right.
4. “Surely it’s all a mistake”, says	He insists that it is all a mistake.
he.
5. “Honestly I have no idea why he	She swore that she had no idea why
has come”, she said.	he had come.
6. “I expect you have been working	The doctor thinks that I have been
too much”, says the doctor.	working too much.
7. “I’ll stay if you want me to”, he	He promised that he would stay if I
said.	wanted him to.
8. “He is a very nice person”, said	He assured us that his friend was a
he.	very nice person.
9. “Look, you’ve missed out the	The teacher pointed out that the
inverted commas”, said the teacher.	pupil had missed out the inverted
	commas.

In reported questions, we do not use the auxiliary verbs (do, does or did). The word order is the same as in statements and we do not use a question mark.

Speaker’s words	Reported question
“What are you doing?”	The policeman asked the men what
	they were doing.
“How is your brother?”	She asked me how my brother was.
“What do you want?”	I asked her what she wanted.
“Where does he live?”	They aked where he lived.
“Why did you say that?”	He asked why I had said that.

When there is no question word, we can use “if” or “whether” to introduce a reported question.

Speaker’s words	Reported question
“Are you cold?”	I asked if he was cold.
“Do you want a drink?”	She asked if I wanted a drink.
“Can you speak German?”	They wanted to know whether I
	could speak German.
I asked Ken, “Are you hungry?”	I asked Ken if he was hungry.
Besides “ask” we also use	the following verbs; to inquire

(спрашивать), to wonder (интересоваться), to want to know (хотеть знать), to try to find out (выяснить)

Speaker’s words	Reported question
“Where is the salt?” said Father.	Father asked where the salt was.
“Is this yours or John’s?” she says.	She inquires if this is mine or
	John’s.

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“What do I do next?” he said		He wondered what he should do next.
“What topic did Professor	Brown	She wanted to know what topic Prof.
bring up?” she asked.		Brown had brought up.
“Has there been an accident?”		She tried to find out whether there had
		been an accident.

REPORTED REQUESTS AND COMMANDS

An order or a request in indirect speech is expressed by an infinitive. The verb “to say” in reported speech is replaced by “to tell” or “to ask”.

She said to him, “Open the window	She told ( asked) him to open the
(do not open the window)”.	window (not to open the window).

Other verbs, used to express reported requests and commands: to order (

приказывать), to beg (просить, умолять), to request (просить), to ask permission (просить разрешения), to entreat (упрашивать), to urge (понуждать, убеждать), to demand (требовать), to warn (предупреждать), to refuse (отказывать), to forbid (запрещать).

“Will you pass me your plate,	She asked me to pass her my plate.
please”, she said.
Could you please be quiet for a	She begged them to be quiet for a
moment”, she said.	moment.
Could you send me a copy of your	He requested me to send him a
book, please”, he said.	copy of my book.
“Do play for us”, they said.	They urged her to play for them.
“All the students should be	The medical authorities demanded
inoculated” the medical authorities	that all the students should be
said.	inoculated.
“Don’t go near the lake”, she said.	She forbade them to go near the
	lake.

REPORTED EXCLAMATIONS

Exclamations are converted into indirect speech by the following verbs: to remark (заметить), to greet (приветствовать), to cry out (вскричать), to say with a sigh (сказать со вздохом), to regret (сожалеть), to be surprised (быть

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English Grammar

Keith Taylor

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Keith Taylor
Last updated on 17 June, 2022

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Form and meaning
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Form & meaning

If we do not begin a question directly, but begin it with something like: Can you tell me…? Do you know…? I wonder if…? The word order is the same as in an affirmative statement.
- Direct question: What is he doing?
  Indirect question: Do you know what he is doing?
- Direct question: Where have they been?
  Indirect question: I wonder where they have been?
If the direct question contains the auxiliary DO, we omit it in the indirect question.
- Direct question: What do you want?
  Indirect question: Can you tell me what you want?
- Direct question: When did she leave?
  Indirect question: Do you know when she left?
In yes/no questions, if or whether is used. The word order is the same as in reported questions.
- Direct question: Have you seen my dog?
  Indirect question: Could you tell me if you have seen my dog?

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Keith Taylor

Keith is the co-founder of Eslbase. He has been a teacher and teacher trainer for over 20 years, in Indonesia, Australia, Morocco, Spain, Italy, Poland, France and now in the UK.

Comments

I present this as ‘polite commands’.

Rude: Tell me what time it is!
Polite: I was wondering if you could tell me what time it is?

Rude: Give me a pen!
Polite: Could you give me a pen?

Rude: Move!
Polite: Would you be able to move, please?

So lesson is: 1) be rude, 2) what can we say to be polite (Could you…, I was wondering if…?) 3) now put them together – but DO NOT change the word order of the rude command.

Getting students to transform real questions into indirect questions is very confusing for them – and artificial since the basic underlying sentence is a command, not a question. As such, it does not change. It’s best to teach this in isolation from indirect speech since syntactically they are actually completely different things.

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Has the train left?

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- Hi Prasoon
  
  If you want to ask this with an indirect question, you can say something like:
  
  “Could you tell me if the train has left?”
  
  I hope that helps!
  
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Reported questions are one form of reported speech.

direct question	reported question
She said: «Are you cold?»	She asked me if I was cold.
He said: «Where’s my pen?»	He asked where his pen was.

We usually introduce reported questions with the verb «ask»:

He asked (me) if/whether… (YES/NO questions)
He asked (me) why/when/where/what/how… (question-word questions)

As with reported statements, we may need to change pronouns and tense (backshift) as well as time and place in reported questions.

But we also need to change the word order. After we report a question, it is no longer a question (and in writing there is no question mark). The word order is like that of a normal statement (subject-verb-object).

Reported YES/NO questions

We introduce reported YES/NO questions with ask + if:

direct question	She said,	«Do you like coffee?»
reported question	She asked	if I liked coffee.

Note that in the above example the reported question has no auxiliary «do». But there is pronoun change and backshift.

Note that we sometimes use «whether» instead of «if». The meaning is the same. «Whether» is a little more formal and more usual in writing:

They asked us if we wanted lunch.
They asked us whether we wanted lunch.

Reported question-word questions

We introduce reported question-word questions with ask + question word:

direct question	He said,	«Where	do you live?»
reported question	He asked me	where	I lived.

Note that in the above example the reported question has no auxiliary «do». But there is pronoun change and backshift.

Remember that there are basically three types of question:

YES/NO questions: Do you want tea?
Question Word questions: Where did you drink tea?
Choice questions: Do you prefer tea or coffee?

Reported choice questions have the same structure as Reported YES/NO questions. Questions with the verb BE always have a different structure: Was the tea cold? Where is my tea? You can see all these differences in the examples below.

Look at these example sentences:

	direct question	reported question
YES/NO questions	I said: «Can I help you?»	I asked if I could help her.
She said to us: «Did you feel cold?»	She asked if we had felt cold.
He said: «Are your hands cold?»	He asked whether my hands were cold.
question-word questions	He said: «Where are you going?»	He asked me where I was going.
He said: «Why didn’t you say something?»	He asked me why I hadn’t said anything.
He said: «When will they come?»	He asked when they would come.
He said: «Who has seen Avatar?»	He asked me who had seen Avatar.
He said: «How much might it cost?»	He asked me how much it might cost.
She said to me: «Where is the station?»	She asked me where the station was.
choice questions	He asked, «Do you want tea or coffee?»	He asked whether I wanted tea or coffee.
He said, «Is the car new or second-hand?»	He asked whether the car was new or second-hand.

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When we report questions, there is no inversion of the subject and auxiliary in the reported clause (the word order is the same as in statements) and we do not use a question mark.

Yes/no questions

reporting clause + if/whether-clause (with no inversion)

When reporting a yes/no question, we use if or whether:

Alex: Have you booked tickets for the concert?
Alex was wondering if/whether I had booked tickets for the concert.

Jasmine: Is there a wireless network available in the library?
Jasmine inquired if/whether there was a wireless network available in the library.

Peter: Is it cold outside?
Peter wants to know if/whether it is cold outside or not.
Peter wants to know whether or not it is cold outside.

Wh-questions

reporting clause + wh-clause (with no inversion)

When we report a wh-question, we repeat the original question word (who, what, when, where, how etc.) in the reported clause:

Rebecca: Where do you live?
Rebecca asked me where I lived.

Tim: Who are you waiting for?
Tim wanted to know who I was waiting for.

A wh-clause can be used to report exclamations:

Ivan: How funny!
Ivan exclaimed how funny it was.

Examples of reporting verbs used to report questions:

Reporting verbs used in indirect questions
ask inquire know	remember want to know wonder

We can use an indirect question after other reporting verbs when we are not reporting a question but we are talking about the answer to a question:

I’ve told you before why I don’t like shopping malls.
She didn’t say what time she would be back.

When we want to make a question more polite, we often introduce the sentence with expressions such as Could you tell me…?, Do you know…? etc. and continue with an indirect question:

Could you tell me how I can get to the railway station?
Do you know if this shop sells second-hand records?
Can you remember what time the play starts?

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