lunes, 26 de mayo de 2014

REPORTED SPEECH 2

REPORTED SPEECH    2
REPORTING QUESTIONS

·         To change questions from Direct Speech into Reported Speech, we change tenses, pronouns, and other words just as in reported statements.
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        Reported questions begin with the reporting verbs ask, wonder and want to know.
                 ‘Where are you going?’ asked Martha    
                  Martha wanted to know where I was going.
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            Reported questions follow the word order of affirmative sentences (subject + verb + object)
         There is a full stop, not a question mark at the end of a reported question.
                   ‘Do you  play golf?’ he asked                              
                    He asked me if I played golf.
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       WH- QUESTIONS
       When the direct question begins with a question word (who, what, which, whose, where, when, why, how), the reported question also begins with the question word.
                    ‘When are they coming back?’ she asked         
                     She wondered when they were coming back.

YES / NO QUESTIONS
         When the direct question does not begin with a question word, but with an auxiliary verb (do/does, did, have/has, etc.), the reported question begins with if or whether after the reporting verb.
                      ‘Have you seen John?’ asked Mary                       
                       Mary asked me if / whether I has seen John.

REPORTING COMMANDS AND REQUESTS

·         To change commands from Direct Speech into Reported Speech, we use tell, order, etc. as reporting verbs. The imperative becomes a full infinitive.
                        ‘Put that down!’ he said.                                         
                        He told me to put that down.
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         To change requests from Direct Speech into Reported Speech, we used ask, beg, etc. as reporting verbs. The Imperative becomes a full infinitive.

                        ‘Please open a window,’ she said to me.          
                         She asked me to open a window.

                        ‘Don’t drive so fast,’ she said to him.              
                        She asked him not to drive so fast.


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