PET Unit 25 Reported Questions with examples and practice

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“Are you happy with the course?” Asked Sara
verb subject Sara asked Mary if / whether she was happy with the course
Subject verb predicate
UNIT 25 – Reported Questions
Direct Speech Reported Speech
statement He said: “She lives in London.“ He said she lived in London
question with interrogative He asked:“Where does she live?“ He asked she lived.
question without interrogative He asked: “Does she live in London?“ He asked she lived in London.
He asked she lived in London.
that
where
whether
if
Direct Question Indirect Question
Points to bear in mind:
(a) The most important thing to remember is that in reported interrogatives, there is of subject and verb.
(b) Reported speech can be introduced by a lot of different verbs, but the most common are: ask, wonder, inquire, want
to know, etc. as in: “She asked...... , I wonder....."
(c) When there is no question word (What / How/ Where, etc.), indirect questions are introduced by if or whether.
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UNIT 25 – Reported Questions
SUMMARY:
→ If the direct question begins with a question word like How much, where, when, how, which, why, whose, what
etc...... we repeat the same question word in the indirect speech.
Examples:
Direct : She said, "How is your family?“ Indirect: She asked me how my family was.
(1) With Question Words
(2) Without Question Words
→If the direct question begins with a helping / auxiliary verb, we use IF or WHETHER.
Example:
Direct :The policeman asked me, "Do you have a driving licence?"
Indirect: The policeman wanted to know if / whether I had a driving licence.
Direct Question
Direct Question
Indirect Question
Indirect Question

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UNIT 25 – Reported Questions
Have you tidied
your room?
Have you
removed this
awful basked from
the wall?
Have you thrown
away your dirty
gloves?
She asked me
if I had tidied
my room and
whether I had
taken out my
basket. Oh!
and she also
wanted to
know if I had
thrown away
my gloves.
Yeah!!
!
Mum..
Read the following direct and indirect questions
and pay attention to the order of the elements in both types of questions!!
LET’S PRACTISE A BIT!!

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PRACTICE!!
UNIT 25 – Reported Questions
Can you report these people’s questions?
1 2 3 4 5 6

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UNIT 25 – Reported Questions
1.She asked what the most interesting sights were.
2.He wanted to know if / whether I had a town plan.
3.He wanted to know how he could find out about the area.
4.He asked if / whether there were guided tours.
5. She wanted to know where she could stay.
6.They asked what shows there were.

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UNIT 25 – Reported Questions
Write the questions 1-10 as reported speech. Begin by saying:
He asked her …
1. Have you ever been to London?
2. Where is the nearest post office?
3. How much is the bus fare in your town?
4. Can you tell me the way to the train station?
5. What time do the shops close in Barcelona?
6. How far is it from Sant Celoni to Gerona?
7. How long does it take to get to the nearest beach by car?
8. Can you show me your new mobile phone?
9. Have you ever travelled by underground?
10. Would you like to have dinner with me?

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UNIT 25 – Reported Questions
He asked her
1. if / whether she had ever been to London.
2. (if she knew) where the nearest post office was?
3. how much the bus fare in her town was?
4. if / whether she could tell him the way to the train station? / What the way to the train station was.
5. what time the shops in Barcelona closed?
6. how far it from Sant Celoni to Gerona was?
7. how long it took to get to the nearest beach by car?
8. if /whether she could show him her new mobile phone?
9. if / whether she had ever travelled by underground?
10. if / whether she would like to have dinner with him?
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