2. Do not use auxiliary verbs (do/does, did) 3. Change the tense (backshifting) 4. Use direct word order (subject + predicate) 5. Do not use question mark
Examples
Direct speech: “Where do you live?”
Reported speech: She asked me where I lived.
Examples with TO BE
Direct Question: “What are you doing?”
Reported Question: She asked me what I was doing.
Direct Question: “Who was that fantastic man?”
Reported Question: She asked me who that fantastic man had been.
How to make reported YES/NO questions? - Use IF
Examples
Direct Question: “Do you love me?”
Reported Question: He asked me if I loved him.
Direct Question: “Have you ever been to France?”
Reported Question: She asked me if I had ever been to France.
Direct Question: “Are you living here?”
Reported Question: She asked me if I was living here. How to make Reported Requests / Orders? - Use ‘ask me + to + infinitive’
Requests
Direct speech: “Please help me.”
Reported speech: She asked me to help her.
Direct speech: “Could you bring my book tonight?”
Reported speech: She asked me to bring her book that night.
Direct speech: “Would you mind coming early tomorrow?”
Reported speech: She asked me to come early the next day.