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Reported speech |
| Do you use the taxpayers’ money? |
She asked him if he used the taxpayers money. |
| Where was the crime commited? |
She asked him where the crime had been commited. |
Reported questions
In reported questions:
- The tenses change in exactly the same way as in sentences, eg: present to past, etc.
- D: what is your manifesto? (present) -> I: She asked him what his manifiesto was. (past)
- The word order is subject + verb.
- D: Are you guilty?-> I: She asked her if she was guilty.
- D: Have you spoken to a lawyer?-> I: she asked her if she had spoken to a lawyer.
- We don't use do/did
- D:What local news do you have, Tom?-> I: She asked Tom what local news he had.
- Not: What local news did it have.
- Questions that begin with do, can, etc. add if.
- D: Can you tell us what happened?-> I: She asked him if he could tell them what had happened.
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