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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. (Not 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, "What are you doing?" (direct speech) — She asked mewhatI was doing (reported speech).

She said, "Areyou going to the gym?" (direct speech) — She asked meif/whetherI was going to the gym (reported speech).

1. Mary asked, "What date is the concert?"

Mary asked

• what time the concert was
• what time was the concert
• what time is the concert

2. "Do you like Mozart?" I asked Mary.

I asked Mary

• does she like Mozart
• if she like Mozart
• if she liked Mozart

3. "Did you play computer games yesterday?" mum asked us.

Mum asked us

• did we play computer games yesterday
• if we played computer games the day before
• whether we'd played computer games the day before

4. "Have you already cleaned your teeth?" mum asked John.

Mum asked John

• if he had already cleaned his teeth
• if he had already cleaned your teeth
• if he already cleaned my teeth

5. "Where are you going now?" Lena asked Bobby.

Lena asked Bobby

• where they were going then
• where he was going then
• where was he going that moment

6. "Who broke the vase?" asked mum.

Mum asked

• who broke the vase
• who had broken the vase
• who did broke the vase

7. "Are we happy?" Susan asked me.

Susan asked me

• if we were happy
• are we happy
• if they were happy

8. "Will we go for a walk tonight?" I asked my friend.

I asked my friend

• will we go for a walk that night
• would we go for a walk that night
• if we'd go for a walk that night