3 Direct Question : “Are you tired?” Turn to Indirect Question Indirect Question: I wonder if you are tired Turn into Reported Speech Reported Question: He asked if I was tired DIRECT QUESTIONS Question Word Who What Where How When Why etc Auxiliary Verb or Modal / does did will am / is / are was / were have / has had Main Verb Subject my friend V he teachers my new phone we V coffee wild animals you … ? or + ing or V3 etc DIRECT QUESTIONS INDIRECT QUESTIONS Introductory Verb / question Question Word / IF He asked She wondered Could you tell me (?) etc who what Where how when why if etc Subject my friend he teachers my phone we coffee wild animals you etc affirmative verb form like/ likes came will find (?) or am / is / are V + ing was / were have / has V3 had INDIRECT QUESTIONS or INDIRECT QUESTIONS Introductory Verb / question Question Word / IF He asked She wondered Could you tell me (?) etc who what Where how when why if etc Subject my friend he teachers my phone we coffee wild animals you etc affirmative verb form like/ likes came will find (?) or am / is / are V + ing was / were have / has V3 had INDIRECT QUESTIONS or a Use an Intro verb in the past asked wondered wanted to know etc b Move the indirect question one step backwards in time Reported Speech – past intro verb Direct Reported “Do you know?” I asked him if he knew “Where are you going?” He asked herwhere she was “Did you believe me?” going I wanted to know “How are you?” “Is Ann sleeping?” “Were you watching TV?” “Can they come?” if you had believed me He asked mehow I was I asked if Ann was sleeping He askedif I had been watching TVif they could I wondered “Did Mary go?” They asked come me who I had met She askedwhether Mary had “Will you go?” gone They asked mewhether I would go “Who did you meet?” Reported Speech – past intro verb Direct where does Anna live ? tomorrow are working Did they come ? will forget can train Tom expected is going to take Who is Jo waiting for? this dog Reported where Anna lived the next/following day were working they had come would whetherforget could train Tom had expected was going to take who Jo was waiting for the dog / that dog ... INDIRECT QUESTIONS or a Use an Intro verb in the past asked wondered wanted to know etc b Move the indirect question one step backwards in time Reported Speech – past intro verb Direct Reported. .. likes came will find (?) or am / is / are V + ing was / were have / has V3 had INDIRECT QUESTIONS or INDIRECT QUESTIONS Introductory Verb / question Question Word / IF He asked She wondered Could... V he teachers my new phone we V coffee wild animals you … ? or + ing or V3 etc DIRECT QUESTIONS INDIRECT QUESTIONS Introductory Verb / question Question Word / IF He asked She wondered Could