REPORTED QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS

Indirect speech

Ana M. García Pedregosa

SAYTELL

askwant to know inquire wonder

REPORTING VERBS

Some rules

- Reporting verbs: ask, enquire, wonder, want to know.- No se usará THAT. Nunca. - Se producirán todos los cambios que vimos en las statements: pronombres, adjetivos posesivos, demostrativos, tiempos verbales, expresiones temporales, here,... - Desaparece el signo de interrogación. - WORD ORDER: Cambiamos el orden de palabras de una pregunta al orden de palabras de una oración enunciativa. Esta sería la estructura de una pregunta indirecta: Subject + verb + complements.

Question types

WH- Questions Object questions:WH- + aux. + subject + (verb) + complements?"How long has she been living here?" Subject questions: WH- (+noun) + verb + complements? "How many people went to the meeting? "Who has eaten my piece of cake?"Yes / No questions Aux. + subject + (verb) + complements ?"Did you arrive late at school yesterday?"

Wh- questions

DIRECT QUESTION (Object question) Wh- + aux. + Subject + (verb) + Complements?"What are you doing here?"INDIRECT SPEECHS + reporting verb + wh- + subject + vb. + compl. She asked what I was doing there.

WH- QUESTIONS

DIRECT QUESTION (Subject question) Wh- (+noun) + verb + Complements? "Who is coming to the party tomorrow?" "How many people missed the flight yesterday?" INDIRECT SPEECH S + reporting verb + wh- (+noun) + vb. + compl. She asked who was coming to the party the following day. He wanted to know how many people had missed the flight the day before.

Yes / No questions

DIRECT SPEECH Aux + S + vb + Comp.?"Did you arrive late at school yesterday?" REPORTED / INDIRECT SPEECH S + reporting vb + IF/WHETHER + S + vb + Comp. She wanted to know IF I had arrived late at school the day before. "Do you prefer tea or coffee? " He wanted to know whether I preferred tea or coffee.

Thank you!