REPORTED QUESTIONS

Lizeth Paola Chamorro D.

Comfacauca University Corporation
Santander de Quilichao
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Martha: Are you living in Santander?

Martha asked me if I was living in Santander.

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Keith: How did you do that?

Keith asked me how I had done that.

1. Check the tense of the question: According to
that you have to make some changes to the
verb.

2. Identify the SUBJECT, AUXILIARY / VERB and

COMPLEMENT of the question.

3. Use a frase like She asked me… He asked

her… etc.

4. Then organize the parts:

SUBJECT – VERB/AUXILIARY - COMPLEMENT.
TENSE REPORTED QUESTION

SIMPLE PRESENT PAST SIMPLE

Tim: Do you like to watch old films? Tim asked me if I liked to watch old films?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS PAST CONTINUOUS

Tim: Are they watching an old film? Tim asked me if they were watching...
Is Lin …………………………..? Tim asked if Lin was watching …
Am I ………………………….? Tim asked if he was watching …
PAST SIMPLE PAST PERFECT

Tim: Which old film did you watch? Tim asked which old film I had watched.
 TENSE REPORTED QUESTION

PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT

Tim: Have you written this poem? Tim asked me if I had written that poem.

Has Hanna written this poem? Tim asked if Hanna had written that poem.

PAST PERFECT PAST PERFECT

Tim: Had you written this letter? Tim asked me if I had written this letter.

Had Hanna written this letter? Tim asked if Hanna had written this letter.

FUTURE (WILL) WOULD

Tim: Will you dance with me? Tim asked me if I would dance with him.