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Is She Reading A Good Novel Now?

This document discusses how to report questions from direct to reported speech. It notes that wh-questions are introduced with "asked/enquired" and use the question word. Tenses typically backshift in reported speech, such as present becoming past. Pronouns and adverbs also shift, such as "I" becoming "she/he" and "here" becoming "there". Examples are provided to illustrate reporting questions in different tenses and types, including wh-questions and yes/no questions.

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Is She Reading A Good Novel Now?

This document discusses how to report questions from direct to reported speech. It notes that wh-questions are introduced with "asked/enquired" and use the question word. Tenses typically backshift in reported speech, such as present becoming past. Pronouns and adverbs also shift, such as "I" becoming "she/he" and "here" becoming "there". Examples are provided to illustrate reporting questions in different tenses and types, including wh-questions and yes/no questions.

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Reported Speech-Questions

2. Wh-questions: what (things), who (people), where(place), which (things), whom (pe care-people), when (time),
how (manner)
*we use “asked/enquire” to introduce the reported question
*we use the question word (what,where,who,which etc) to report the question.
E.g: D.S: What time does the train leave?
I.S: He/she asked what time did the train leave.

Tenses backshift:
Direct speech Reported speech
Present Simple (S+V1 form) Past Simple (S+V 2 form)
Do you like tea? He asked if he liked tea.
Present continuous Past Continuous
Is she reading a good novel now? She asked if she was reading a good novel then.

Past Simple : What time did you go to school Past Perfect Simple
yesterday? He asked what time had she gone to school the day
Past Perfect Simple before.
Present Perfect Simple
Past Continuous Past perfect Continuous
Past Perfect continuous
Present perfect continuous
Future (going to) Future in the past (was/were going to)
What time are you going to meet her? She asked what time was she going to meet her.
Future Simple (will) Future in the past (would)
Will Tom give me his papers? He asked if Tom would give him his papers.

Pronouns

Direct Speech Reported Speech


I am alone at home. She/he said she was alone at home.
You He/she/I
we They/them
they they
my His/hers/my
their their

Adverbs
Direct Speech Reported speech
here There
this that
these those
tonight That night
today That day
This week/month/year That week/month/year
now then
yesterday The day before
Last night/week/month/year The previous night/week/month/year
tomorrow The following day
Next week/month/year The next week/month/year
ago before

E.g: I’m leaving tonigh.


RS: She said she was leaving that night.
D.S:Where are you going tomorrow?
R.S: She asked where was he going the following day.

Direct Speech Reported Speech


Wh-questions
What are you doing now? He asked what was he doing then.
How did you do this table? He asked how had he done that table.

Yes/No questions
Did you sleep last night? He asked IF he had slept the previous night.
Do you like listening to music? He asked IF he liked listening to music.

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