Tham khảo tài liệu 'english_rules_practice_3_split_12', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 35 Reported questions She. asked if. . Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http 1 Yes no questions have a form of be . is are or an auxiliary verb . can do have that goes before the subject SUBJECT Are they English Can John type We report these questions with ask if She asked if She asked if Or. SUBJECT I they were English. John could type. She asked whether they were English. She asked whether John could type. Note that in a reported question we do not put be or an auxiliary before the subject. 2 Many questions begin with a question word Who What Where etc. SUBJECT Where does Ann live Why has Jane gone We report these questions with ask SUBJECT They asked where Ann lived. She asked why Jane had gone. 3 We can also ask someone something The manager asked me if I could type. They asked him where Sarah lived. 4 Note that when we report a question that somebody asked we usually change the tense of the verb Can John swim He asked if John could swim. The most common tense changes are Present -4 Past am is -4 was are were is living -4 was living live -4 lived Present Perfect -4 Past Perfect has gone -4 had gone Past Simple -4 Past Perfect arrived -4 had arrived Modals will -4 would can -4 could We often also change other words for example Have you finished Mike She asked Mike if he had finished. 5 We can use wanted to know and wondered instead of asked She wanted to know if they were English. or She wanted to know whether they. She wondered why Jane had gone. Practice A Use the sentence in brackets to complete each sentence. End each sentence with a full stop . or a question mark . 0 Did they come She asked if__they came __ 1 Do you speak English They asked me I spoke English 2 I wanted to know why he had taken my key. did you take my key_ 3 How many people came to the party I asked people came to the party_ 4 Does Ann work on Saturdays I asked Ann worked on Saturdays 5 Can we meet tomorrow I asked we .
