QUESTIONS
a) YES/NO QUESTIONS ----- IF
b) WH-QUESTIONS ----- (interrogative pronoun): what,
who, where, when…
* THE ORDER OF THE SENTENCE IS A
STATEMENT (NOT INTERROGATIVE)
TALIA SAID TO ME: “ WHERE DO YOU LIVE”?
TALIA ASKED ME WHERE I
LIVED.
HE TOLD ME: “ARE YOU COMING WITH US”?
HE ASKED ME IF I WAS COMING WITH THEM
IRATI ASKED GARAZI: “WHEN WAS YOUR
GRANDMOTHER’S BIRTHDAY?”
IRATI ASKED GARAZI WHEN HER GRANDMOTHER’S
BIRTHDAY HAD BEEN.
IMANOL ASKED MARY: “WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN
THIS SUMMER?”
IMANOL ASKED MARY WHERE SHE HAD BEEN
THIS/THAT SUMMER
AITOR ASKED LARA: “WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT IMANOL?”
AITOR ASKED LARA WHAT SHE THOUGHT ABOUT
IMANOL
- SHE ASKED US IF WE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR
THEM.
IRATI ASKED OLAIA AND ME IF OLAIA AND I
HAD BEEN WAITING FOR AITOR
AND IMANOL / AITOR AND
HER (IRATI)
SHE ASKED US: “ HAVE YOU BEEN WAITING FOR
US/THEM
MARY ASKED JOHN: “ CAN YOU SEND US THIS
EXERCISE?” (the speaker
wants the exercise / the
speaker does not want the exercise)
MARY ASKED JOHN IF HE COULD SEND US THEM THAT/THIS EXERCISE.
NURIA ASKED HER IF SHE HAD BEEN WITH US
THE PREVIOUS YEAR
NURIA ASKED HER: “ WERE YOU WITH US/THEM
LAST YEAR
JOHN SAID: “TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE AN EXAM
ABOUT REPORTED SPEECH”.
JOHN SAID THAT THE FOLLOWING DAY WE (JOHN
INCLUDED)/YOU (GROUP A) /THEY (STUDENTS) WOULD HAVE AN EXAM ABOUT REPORTED SPEECH
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