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Questions in reported speech
In reported questions, we use affirmative word order and the question mark is omitted.

E.g. "What are you doing?" she asked. — She asked me what I was doing. (She asked me what was I doing?)

To report a question we use:

• ask + wh-word (who, what, etc.) when the direct question begins with such a word;
• ask + if/whether when the direct question begins with a verb (do, has, can, etc.).

E.g. She asked, "Where are you going?" (direct speech) — She asked me where I was going (reported speech).

She said, "Are you going out?" (direct speech) — She asked me if/whether I was going out (reported speech).

Last August we were on holiday in London and went on an excursion. The tourists asked the guide a lot of questions.

The tourists asked the guide for how many years

• has Queen Elizabeth II been ruling
• Queen Elizabeth II had been ruling
• had Queen Elizabeth II been ruling
• Queen Elizabeth II has been ruling

They asked

• where the Queen did live
• where does the Queen live
• where the Queen lives
• where the Queen lived

They also asked

• how many metres is Mary Axe tower
• how many metres Mary Axe tower was
• if how many metres Mary Axe tower is
• how many metres Mary Axe tower is

The tourists asked when

• was Big Ben built
• Big Ben had been built
• Big Ben has been built
• Big Ben was built

One Chinese tourist wondered

• all British drank tea
• do all British drink tea
• if all British drank tea
• if all British drink tea

A nice old lady asked when

• did the London Eye start working
• the London Eye had started working
• the London Eye started working
• the London Eye had been started working

She also asked

• if the London Eye ever stopped
• does the London Eye ever stop
• if the London Eye ever stoped
• if the London Eye ever stops

I asked

• if London had a symbol
• does London have a symbol
• if London has a symbol
• London had a symbol

A bold man all in black asked

• if ravens were important in British culture
• if ravens is important in British culture
• are ravens important in British culture
• were ravens important in British culture