9

1. Changing Direct
Questions to
Reported Questions

2. 1. The rules in tense
sequence and pronoun
changes are the same as
those used when changing
direct statements to
reported statements.

3. 2. A yes-no
question that is
reported is
introduced by if.

4. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
"Will you
stay?" Nena
asked Juliet.
Nena asked
Juliet if she
would stay.

5. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
"Are you
speaking
Japanese?"
he asked us.
He asked us
if we were
speaking
Japanese.

6. 3. A question that calls
for a choice is
introduced by
whether when it is
reported.

7. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
"Do you want
chicos or
pineapples?"
the vendor
asked us.
The vendor
asked us
whether we
wanted chicos
or pineapples.

8. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
"Will you go to
school or stay
at home?" the
mother
enquired her
son.
The mother
enqired her
child whether
he would go
to school or
stay at home.

9. 3. An information
question, when reported,
has the same question
word as that used in the
original question.

10. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Karen asked
Diether,
"Where have
you been?"
Karen asked
Diether where
he had been.

11. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
The teacher
asked the
students, "How
are you going
to solve the
problem?"
The teacher
asked the
students how
they were
going to solve
the problem.