In what, where, why, who, when or how questions, we use the question word to report the question. She asked us whether we'd finished the project yet.He asked me if I was going to the Helsinki conference.'Are you going to the Helsinki conference?' In yes/ no questions, we use if or whether to report the question. You can learn about these changes on the Reported speech 1 – statements page. We also often make changes to the tenses and other words in the same way as for reported statements (e.g. Do you like) to a statement structure (e.g. In indirect speech, we change the question structure (e.g.
Indirect speech: He asked me if I liked working in sales.
To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech.ĭirect speech: 'Do you like working in sales?' he asked. Grammar explanationĪ reported question is when we tell someone what another person asked. Indirect speech: She asked me to write it down. Indirect speech: She asked me who I'd seen.ĭirect speech: 'Could you write that down for me?' she asked. Indirect speech: He asked me if I worked from home.ĭirect speech: 'Who did you see?' she asked. direct speech: 'Do you work from home?' he said.
Look at these examples to see how we can tell someone what another person asked.
