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Reported Questions

Reported questions are indirect questions used to relay information or seek clarification more politely. They involve changing the tense of the original direct question and using reporting verbs and question words like 'if', 'whether', 'what', 'where' etc. Common reporting verbs are ask, inquire, wonder. Wh- questions use question words and yes/no questions use 'if' or 'whether'.

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Reported Questions

Reported questions are indirect questions used to relay information or seek clarification more politely. They involve changing the tense of the original direct question and using reporting verbs and question words like 'if', 'whether', 'what', 'where' etc. Common reporting verbs are ask, inquire, wonder. Wh- questions use question words and yes/no questions use 'if' or 'whether'.

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Grammar

Reported Questions
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What are reported
questions?
● Reported questions are types of indirect questions used
to relay information or seek clarification in a more
formal or polite manner.
● They are commonly used in interviews, surveys, and
formal written communication.
Structure of report
questions?
● They're like regular sentences but with a question
inside.
● For example: "She asked what time the meeting starts."
01
Tense in Reported
Questions
Tense changes
When we report someone else's words or thoughts, we usually do so from our own viewpoint,
which may differ from the original speaker's perspective.

Direct question: "Where does she work?"


Present Simple to Past Simple
Reported question: He asked where she worked.

Direct question: "When did they finish the project?"


Past Simple to Present Perfect
Reported question: She inquired when they had finished the project.

Present Continuous to Past Direct question: "What is she doing?"


Continuous Reported question: He wondered what she was doing.

Direct question: "Have you seen the movie?"


Present Perfect to Past Perfect
Reported question: She asked if I had seen the movie.
Tense changes Pt2
Present Perfect Continuous to Past Direct question: "How long have they been waiting?"
Perfect Continuous Reported question: He asked how long they had been waiting.

Direct question: "When will she arrive?"


Future Simple to Conditional
Reported question: She asked when she would arrive.

Future Continuous to Conditional Direct question: "What will they be doing at 5 PM?"
Continuous Reported question: He wondered what they would be doing at 5 PM.

Reporting Verbs

Common reporting verbs include: ask, inquire, wonder, know,


understand, etc.
Wh- VS
Yes/No
Wh

● These questions start with words like "what," "where," "when," "who," "why,"
and "how."
● In reported speech, we usually introduce the reported question with a reporting
verb followed by the question word.
● For example:
● Direct question: "Where are you going?"
● Reported question: She asked where I was going
Yes/No

● These questions can be answered with "yes" or "no."


● In reported speech, we use if or whether to introduce the reported
question.
● For example:
● Direct question: "Are you coming?"
● Reported question: She asked if/whether I was coming.
Reporting verbs

● Reporting verbs play a crucial


role in report questions.
● Common reporting verbs
include: ask, inquire, wonder,
know, understand, etc.
● The choice of reporting verb can
convey different nuances of the
speaker's attitude or level of
certainty.
Let’s
Exercise
● "She asked where the store is."
● "He wondered if they finished the job."
● "They inquired what time the party starts.

hi

● "What time does the train leave?"


● "Are you going to the party?"
● "How long have you been studying French?”
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