| Use |
Example |
| To report what someone else asked/ ordered/ requested
|
Pat asked me if I had tried the jeans on in the shop. |
Form |
| Direct question/ order/ request |
Reported question/ order/ request |
questions beginning with have, do or be
'Have you been to the gallery?' he asKed her.
'Do you want a sweater?' my mum asked.
'Are you making a skirt?' I asked Anne |
He asked her if she had been to the gallery.
My mum asked if I wanted a sweater.
I asked Anne if she was making a skirt. |
questions beginning with a modal
'Can you paint?' Mary asked her friend.
'Will you make me one?’ I asked Terry.
'Shall I wear a jacket?' I asked Mum.
'May I borrow your coat?' Mr Jones asked me. |
Mary asked her friend if he could paint.
I asked Terry if he would make me one.
I asked Mum if I should wear a jacket.
Mr Jones asked me if he might borrow my coat |
questions beginning with a quest.on word
‘What kind of shoes are in fashion now?’ my mum asked me.
‘Who did you see at the fashion show?’ asked Ben.
‘Which one do you want?’ Sarah asked Liam.
‘When will they finish the house?’ I asked.
‘Why did you say that?’ my sister asked me.
‘How much did your hat cost?’ Ed asKed Carl |
My mum asked me what kind of shoes were in fashion at that moment.
Ben asked who I had seen at the fashion show.
Sarah asked Lam which one he wanted.
I asked when they would finish the house.
My sister asked me why I had said that.
Ed asked Carl how much his hat had cost |
orders
‘Put your clothes in the d raw erM um said.
‘Don't wear the red one,’ Alice said |
Mum told me to put my clothes in the drawer.
Alice told me not to wear the red one. |
requests
'Will you make me one?' I asked Terry.
'Please don't move my pictures,' said Olga |
I asked Terry to make me one.
Olga asked me not to move her pictures |
