Задание

Revise the rule if necessary and choose the correct options

Reported questions

They are used for reporting other people's questions.

Direct Speech:

'What is your mother tongue, Peter?' asked Jane.

Indirect Speech:

Jane asked Peter what his mother tongue was.

When reporting somebody's questions in indirect speech (in the past), we need to change:

tenses;

pronouns;

time;

place.

Tense and modal verbs changes:

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

Present Simple

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

am/is/are going to

was/were going to

will

would

Past Simple

Past Perfect

Past Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

can

could

may

might

must/have to

had to

The tense is not changed:

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

Past Perfect

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

Determiner changes:

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

this

that

these

those

Time and place changes:

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

now

then

yesterday

the day before

last week

the week before

ago

before

next week

the following week

tomorrow

the following day

tonight

that night

here

there

Word order:

In general questions (yes/no questions) we use if and a direct word order (a subject and a verb).

Direct Speech:

'Do you know anything about language barriers?' asked James.

Indirect Speech:

James asked if I knew anything about language barriers.

In special questions we use a question word and a direct word order (a subject and a verb).

Direct Speech:

'Where is your sister, Rick?' asked Kelly.

Indirect Speech:

Kelly asked Rick where his sister was.

Reported questions

Ben asked us enough time.

Julia asked us the necessary information among the team members.

Ann wanted to know to attend the show that year.

Sam asked his sister that news.

Daryl wanted to know .

Victor asked Tony ill.

Rick wanted to know their grandmother.

Jenna asked for her.