Yesterday I met Sarah, my girlfriend, at a football match. She was very strange. She didn't stop asking me questions about cycling. First she asked me what sport I liked best. When I answered that for me, the best sport was cycling, she looked very happy. Then she asked me if I could recognize a good bicycle. I told her that good bicycles are easy to recognize. She asked me how she could know if a bicycle was good or not. I explained to her bicycles need good brakes, a comfortable saddle, good wheels and chain-wheels, and I told her that if she wanted to see the best bicycle in the world, I could let her see mine. Then she asked me if I had a lock for my bike. I gave her an affirmative reply. Afterwards she wanted to know if I had a reflector and I said yes. She asked me again if I had ever thought of buying a pannier bag. I told her I bought one last year. After one hour asking me questions about my bicycle she looked at me angrily and said: 'If you have such a marvellous bicycle and all its accessories, what kind of present do you want for your birthday?'. | Form | | Direct questions | | Auxiliary verb + subject ... ? | | Reported questions | Subject + verb + if / whether
Subject + verb + question word
• Changes in verb tenses, pronouns, possessive adjectives, time expressions and place expressions occur in reported questions in the same way as in reported statements. |
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| Uses | • We use if or whether to report yes / no questions. Whether is mainly used in a formal style.
• Wh-questions are reported with the same question word used in direct questions. In reported questions we use reporting verbs like ask, want to know, wonder, etc. |
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