2010-09-02

Reported Speech - How to do it -2- questions

questions

If you have to transform a question in direct speech into reported/indirect speech, you have to change the same things as in a statement:
1. pronoun change
2. time-shift
3. time-words change

But don't forget that you change from a question (direct speech) into a statement (indirect/reported speech).
Therefore you have to be careful about the sentence structure: SVO!!


examples
A) question without a question word => whether or if (deutsch: ob)
Harry: "Do you play tennis?" - Peter asked me whether / (if) I played tennis.

B) question with a question word => use the question word
Harry: "When do you play tennis?" - Peter asked me when I played tennis.

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