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SPEEC
QUESTION
S AND
ORDERS
H
STEP BY STEP
Reporting questions is very
similar to reporting statements
We change references to people, places and
times as well… but there are some differences.
We DON’T
now place
FORGET!
the SUBJECT
Reported before
questions
the verb
are (“are”)
like
Now we place the VERB(S) in a past tense after the
statements,
because
We placethe
the
soword
question-word
we DO
order
NOT is NEED
theafter
same
the
the
as
question
reporting
in statements:
mark
verb.
(?).
SUBJECT.
Also remove(subject
the inverted
+ verb).
commas again.
Let’s report yes/no questions
now.
There is a small difference between these
questions and wh-questions.
“Will you be here?” Tom asked.
THAT’S ALL
This time we FOR
just need
NOW!
to remove the
auxiliary “do” (just keep “not”) and add
“to” to the main verb.