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Reported Speech Yes/No Questions

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Reported Questions

Reported questions are one form of reported speech .

We usually introduce reported questions with the verb "ask":

• He asked (me) if / whether ... (YES/NO questions)
• He asked (me) why / when / where / what / how ... (question-word questions)

As with reported statements , we may need to change pronouns and tense (backshift) as well as time and place in reported questions.

But we also need to change the word order . After we report a question, it is no longer a question (and in writing there is no question mark). The word order is like that of a normal statement (subject-verb-object).

Reported YES/NO questions

We introduce reported YES/NO questions with ask + if :

Note that in the above example the reported question has no auxiliary "do". But there is pronoun change and backshift.

Note that we sometimes use "whether" instead of "if". The meaning is the same. "Whether" is a little more formal and more usual in writing:

• They asked us if we wanted lunch.
• They asked us whether we wanted lunch.

Reported question-word questions

We introduce reported question-word questions with ask + question word :

Note that in the above example the reported question has no auxiliary "do". But there is pronoun change and backshift.

• YES/NO questions: Do you want tea?
• Question Word questions: Where did you drink tea?
• Choice questions: Do you prefer tea or coffee?

Look at these example sentences:

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• B1-B2 grammar

Reported speech: questions

Do you know how to report a question that somebody asked? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

Look at these examples to see how we can tell someone what another person asked.

direct speech: 'Do you work from home?' he said. indirect speech: He asked me if I worked from home. direct speech: 'Who did you see?' she asked. indirect speech: She asked me who I'd seen. direct speech: 'Could you write that down for me?' she asked. indirect speech: She asked me to write it down.

Try this exercise to test your grammar.

Grammar B1-B2: Reported speech 2: 1

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Grammar explanation

A reported question is when we tell someone what another person asked. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech.

direct speech: 'Do you like working in sales?' he asked. indirect speech: He asked me if I liked working in sales.

In indirect speech, we change the question structure (e.g. Do you like ) to a statement structure (e.g. I like ).

We also often make changes to the tenses and other words in the same way as for reported statements (e.g. have done → had done , today → that day ). You can learn about these changes on the Reported speech 1 – statements page.

Yes / no questions

In yes / no questions, we use if or whether to report the question. If is more common.

'Are you going to the Helsinki conference?' He asked me if I was going to the Helsinki conference. 'Have you finished the project yet?' She asked us whether we'd finished the project yet.

Questions with a question word

In what , where , why , who , when or how questions, we use the question word to report the question.

'What time does the train leave?' He asked me what time the train left. 'Where did he go?' She asked where he went.

Reporting verbs

The most common reporting verb for questions is ask , but we can also use verbs like enquire , want to know or wonder .

'Did you bring your passports?' She wanted to know if they'd brought their passports. 'When could you get this done by?' He wondered when we could get it done by.

Offers, requests and suggestions

If the question is making an offer, request or suggestion, we can use a specific verb pattern instead, for example offer + infinitive, ask + infinitive or suggest + ing.

'Would you like me to help you?' He offered to help me. 'Can you hold this for me, please?' She asked me to hold it. 'Why don't we check with Joel?' She suggested checking with Joel.

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Grammar B1-B2: Reported speech 2: 2

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Hello, dear teachers and team!

Could you please help me with the following: 

• She asked me "Does the Earth turn around the Sun?"

  Does it have to be: "She asked me if the Earth TURNED around the Sun" ? 

Do we have to change the question into the past form here as well? 

2. She asked: "Was coffee originally green"?

Is "She asked me if the coffee HAD BEEN originally  green" correct option? Can I leave WAS in an inderect speech here? 

3. Is "She asked me if I knew if the Sun IS a star" or  "She asked me if I knew if the Sun WAS / HAD BEEN a star" (if any)  correct?  

I'm very very grateful for your precious help and thank you very much for your answering this post in advance!!! 

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Hello howtosay_.

1. She asked me "Does the Earth turn around the Sun?"  Does it have to be: "She asked me if the Earth TURNED around the Sun" ?

No, you can use the present here as well. The verb for this context would be 'go' rather than 'turn':

She asked me if the earth goes around the sun.

She asked me if the earth went around the sun.

Do we have to change the question into the past form here as well? 2. She asked: "Was coffee originally green"? Is "She asked me if the coffee HAD BEEN originally  green" correct option? Can I leave WAS in an inderect speech here?

You can use either 'had been' or 'was' here. The adverb 'originally' removes any ambiguity.

3. Is "She asked me if I knew if the Sun IS a star" or  "She asked me if I knew if the Sun WAS / HAD BEEN a star" (if any)  correct?

You can use 'is' or 'was' here but not 'had been' as that would suggest the sun is not a star any more.

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She offered me to encourage studying English. She asked us if we could give her a hand.

He said, "I wished she had gone."

How to change this sentence into indirect speech?

Hello bhutuljee,

'He said that he wished she had gone.'

Best wishes, Kirk LearnEnglish team

He said, "I wish she went."

How to change the above sentence into indirect speech?

Hi bhutuljee,

It would be: "He said that he wished she had gone."

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He said , "She wished John would succeed."

This is the third sentence you've asked us to transform in this way. While we try to offer as much help as we can, we are not a service for giving answers to questions which may be from tests or homework so we do limit these kinds of answers. Perhaps having read the information on the page above you can try to transform the sentence yourself and we will tell you if you have done it correctly or not.

Hi, I hope my comment finds you well and fine. 1- reported question of "where did he go?"

Isn't it: She asked where he had gone?

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/b1-b2-grammar/reported-…

2- how can I report poilte questions with( can I, May I) For example: She asked me" Can I borrow some money?"

Your reply will be highly appreciated.

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Reported speech

Reported questions

Reported questions.

When we report what people say, we usually change the tense of the verbs to reflect that we are reporting – not giving direct speech. This pattern is followed when we report questions and there are also other important changes between direct questions and reported questions.

Reported questions are one form of reported speech.

We usually introduce reported questions with the verb "ask":

• He  asked  (me)  if / whether ... (YES/NO questions)
• He  asked  (me)  why / when / where / what / how ... (question-word questions)

As with reported statements, we may need to change  pronouns  and  tense (backshift) as well as  time  and  place  in reported questions.

But we also need to change the  word order . After we report a question, it is no longer a question (and in writing there is no question mark). The word order is like that of a normal statement (subject-verb-object).

Reported YES/NO questions

We introduce reported YES/NO questions with  ask + if :

Note that in the above example the reported question has no auxiliary "do". But there is pronoun change and backshift.

Note that we sometimes use "whether" instead of "if". The meaning is the same. "Whether" is a little more formal and more usual in writing:

• They asked us  if  we wanted lunch.
• They asked us  whether  we wanted lunch.

Reported question-word questions

We introduce reported question-word questions with  ask + question word :

Remember that there are basically three types of question:

• YES/NO questions:  Do you want tea?
• Question Word questions:  Where did you drink tea?
• Choice questions:  Do you prefer tea or coffee?

Reported choice questions  have the same structure as Reported YES/NO questions. Questions with the verb BE always have a different structure:  Was the tea cold? Where is my tea?  You can see all these differences in the examples below.

Look at these example sentences:

Course Curriculum

• Direct and indirect speech 15 mins
• Tense changes in reported speech 20 mins
• Changing time and place in reported speech 20 mins
• Reported questions 20 mins
• Reporting verbs 20 mins
• Reporting orders and requests 15 mins
• Reporting hopes, intentions and promises 20 mins

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Reported Questions

• Updated 13 October, 2023

Forming reported questions

These general rules for reported speech also apply.

• Direct speech: “Where are you going?” Reported speech: He asked me where I was going .
• Direct speech: “Why is he shouting?” Reported speech: He asked me why he was shouting .
• Direct speech: “What do you want?” Reported speech: She asked me what I wanted .
• Direct speech: “Who doesn’t like cheese?” Reported speech: She asked me who didn’t like cheese.
• Direct speech: “Do you want me to come?” Reported speech: I asked him if he wanted me to come.
• Direct speech: “Have you fed the dog?” Reported speech: She asked me whether I had fed the dog.
• Direct speech: “Who is the champion?” Reported speech: She asked me who the champion was / She asked me who was the champion.
• Direct speech: “What is your favourite colour?” Reported speech: She asked me what my favourite colour was / She asked me what was my favourite colour.

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It’s very informative… It helped me a lot… Thank you

can you convert this? the student said, “would that my results were different”

Hi , in my book there is exercise that want change sentence from Reported question sentence to direct question My question is ( in past perfect sentence ) how I know that this sentence change to past simple or present perfect. Because both of them in direct speech change to past perfect .

Hi, can you write here the sentence that you need to change?

Hi I have a question, my English teacher said we never inverted the subjects in the reported questions. But in your work I saw that you are inverted the subjects in that reported question. Can you tell me why you do this?

please can you tell me what is the reported speech of “what was the last book you read? “….please it is very important

He asked what book I read last

he/she asked me what the last book I read was?

can someone cover this please:

“When do the shops close?” I asked.

I asked when the shops closed.

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Reported Yes / No Questions

How to report general (Yes / No) questions

We report questions with the help of the verbs to ask, to wonder, to want to know . In reported questions the subject comes before the verb, as in affirmative sentences. The tenses change in reported questions according to the general rules. We don’t use the auxiliary verbs do, does, did in reported questions. We don’t put a question mark at the end of reported questions. Yes / No questions and alternative Or-questions are reported with the help of the words if , whether .

Direct Yes / No Questions – Reported Yes / No Questions

Study the examples  of reported yes / no questions given below..

• “Are you the captain of the school football team?” the new pupil asked Victor. – The new pupil asked Victor if he was the captain of the school football team.
• “Can you drive?” Oliver asked Alec. – Oliver asked Alec if he could drive.
• “Do you live far from the school?” the teacher asked Yvonne. – The teacher asked Yvonne if she lived far from the school.
• “Have you finished reading my book?” Brian asked Helen. – Brian asked Helen whether she had finished reading his book.
• “Did you have a good journey?” we asked our guests. – We asked our guests if they had had a good journey.
• “Will you be sixteen next July?” the girl asked Greg. – The girl asked Greg if he would be sixteen next July.
• “Has the book been translated into Ukrainian?” I asked the teacher. – I asked the teacher whether the book had been translated into Ukrainian.
• “Would you like to go to a movie?” Jim asked Sally. – Jim asked Sally if she would like to go to a movie.
• Would you mind changing your seat?” I asked the girl next to me. – I asked the girl next to me if she would mind changing her seat.
• “Should I do this exercise again?” Larry asked the teacher. – Larry asked the teacher if he should do the exercise again.
• “Would you go to the movie if John invited you?” I asked Helen. – I asked Helen if she would go to the movie if John invited her.

Reported Alternative Questions

Study the examples..

• “Did you pass your exam or did you fail it?” Ruth asked me. – Ruth asked me whether I had passed my exam or failed it.
• When are you coming to see me, on Saturday or on Sunday?” I asked Marina. – I asked Marina when she was coming to see me, on Saturday or on Sunday.
• “Which teacher is more competent: the new or the former one?” mother asked. – Mother asked me which teacher was more competent the new or the former one.

And now have practice.

Exercise 1. report the questions. don’t forget to use if or whethe r..

• Have they sold the picture? – I didn’t know …
• Do they know anything about it? – I wondered …
• Has Jack given you his telephone number? – She asked me …
• Is he coming back today? – I was not sure …
• Have you found the book? – She asked me …
• Are there any more books here? – The man asked …
• Did she go shopping yesterday? – I wanted to know …
• Has she bought the dictionary? – He didn’t ask her …
• Does she know the name of the man? – I doubted …
• Did Bill see the man this morning? – I asked …

Exercise 2. Report yes / no questions. Write reported Yes / No questions

• I said to Mike: “Have you packed your suitcase?”
• I said to Kate: “Did anybody meet you at the station?”
• I said to her: “Can you give me their address?”
• I asked Tom: “Have you had breakfast?”
• I asked my sister: “Will you stay at home or go for a walk after dinner?”
• I said to my mother: “Did anybody come to see me?”
• I asked my sister: “Will Nick call for you on the way to school?”
• She said to the young man: “Can you call a taxi for me?”
• Mary said to Peter: “Have you shown your photo to Dick?”
• Oliver said to me: “Will you come here tomorrow?”
• He said to us: “Did you go to the museum this morning?”
• I said to Henry: “Does your friend live in London ?”
• I said to the man: “Are you staying in a hotel?”
• Nick said to his friend: “Will you stay at the “Hilton”?”
• He said to me: “Do you often go to see your friends?”
• He said to me: “Will you see your friends before you leave Kyiv ?”
• Mike said to Jane: “Will you come to the station to see me off?
• She said to me: “Have you sent them an email?”
• She said to me: “Did you send them a parcel?”
• Kate said: “Mike, do you like my new dress?”
• My sister said to me: “Will you take me to the theatre with you tomorrow?”
• “Why don’t you play with your friends, Kate?” said her mother.
• “Do you like chocolates?” said my little sister to me.
• “Did you see your granny yesterday, Kathie?” asked Mr. Brown.
• Father said to Nick: “Have you done your homework?”

Exercise 3. Here there are reported yes / no questions. Restore direct speech.

• I asked him if the doctor had given him some medicine.
• I asked him if he was feeling better now.
• I asked the man how long he had been in Oxford.
• I asked him if he was going to a health resort.
• We asked the girl if her father was still in New York City.
• I asked if they had taken the sick man to hospital.
• I asked my friend if he had a headache .
• I wondered if he had taken his temperature.

I hope it’s not difficult for you now to use reported Yes / No questions.

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Reporting Yes/No Questions | Class 10 Reported Speech Worksheet

Yes/no questions are reported with if or whether . Study the examples given below.

The boy asked his mother, 'Is there anything in the fridge?'

The boy asked his mother if there was anything in the fridge .

The teacher asked the students, 'Do you believe in ghosts?'

The teacher asked the students if they believed in ghosts.

Report the following questions.

1. She asked, 'Will you help me?'

2. The stranger asked, 'Do you know where Krishna lives?'

3. She asked, 'May I know the truth?'

4. She asked, 'Have you met my cousin Jay?'

5. The teacher asked the boy, 'Have you paid the fee?'

6. She asked me, 'Would you like to join us?'

7. 'Can you speak English?' the manager asked the candidate.

1. She asked me if I would help her .

2. The stranger asked me if I knew where Krishna lived .

3. She asked if she might know the truth .

4. She asked if I had met her cousin Jay .

5. The teacher asked the boy if he had paid the fee .

6. She asked me if I would like to join them .

7. The manager asked the candidate if he could speak English .

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By Nick Martin , people and politics correspondent 

June gives me a wry smile when I ask her if she trusts politicians. But it soon fades.

"They promise you the Earth, and you don't see anything. And it's soul destroying," she says.

I meet her and husband Joe as they tuck into fish and chips in the town's oldest chippy, the Peabung, which has served this town since 1883.

June tells me she really wants to trust politicians but they "just mess it up every time". I ask Joe if he thinks politicians care about him? "Well hopefully they do. I'm not sure really."

He stops to think for a moment. "I don't really trust politicians," he says.

The findings of a Sky News/YouGov poll are stark and echo how voters like June and Joe feel. The findings suggest voters no longer believe what politicians say.

In some places, there appears to be a deep loss of faith in British politics.

Shannon Donnelly has nearly 200,000 followers on TikTok and has used the platform to develop her Grimsby-based business selling personal safety equipment, such as panic alarms. I ask her if she trusts politicians.

"No - I think things like Brexit has massively changed people's opinion. I won't forget when they said all that money would go to the NHS.

"Now we seem to be in a worse position, but they still expect us to trust them. It's crazy."

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The polling was really stark - a collapse in trust in politicians and any faith that they're in it for the right reasons.

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I think what I found was that people are desperate for a reason to vote for someone.

So whether that is improving the town centre, whether that is doing action on immigration or the economy, they want to vote but they're just not that convinced by the main parties right now.

The person who stood out for me the most tonight was a girl called Sarah, she's 26, she lives with her mum and dad, and she admitted that if she had the chance, she'd leave Grimsby.

She was really echoing that point that the further you get away from London, the more distrustful you are of politicians.

Grimsby is certainly somewhere that we are going to be returning to in the months ahead of the all-important general election.

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• Reported Yes/‌No questions — Exercise 3

Reported statements — mixed tenses — Exercise 1

Task: Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Pay special attention to changing pronouns and time phrases where necessary.

Reported statements — mixed tenses — Exercise 2

Reported statements — mixed tenses — Exercise 3

Task: Finish the sentences using Reported speech. Pay special attention to changing pronouns where necessary.

Reported statements — mixed tenses — Exercise 4

Reported statements — mixed tenses — Exercise 5