Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Reported Speech Questions Grammar Rules

(TESOL Worksheets--Reported Speech Questions)
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[There's no questions on this sheet.  It is just purely an attempt to better explain the rules of forming reported speech for questions.  I used it in conjunction with a textbook that provided exercises, but not a lot of explanations.  
Some issues with copying and pasting this into blogger.  The arrow symbol appears to have changed into an "e".  See Google Docs version above for a copy without formatting issues.]



Yes/No Questions:
Is Tom a student?
Auxiliary Verb
Subject
Object
Is
Tom
a student?

She asked me if Tom was a student.
She asked me
if
Subject
Auxiliary verb
Object
Tom
was
 a student
(Remember: V1 changes to V2, and V2 changes to had+ V3)
Do you like soccer?
Auxiliary Verb
Subject
Main verb
Object
Do
you
like
soccer?

She asked me if I liked soccer.
She asked me
if
Subject
Main Verb
Object
I
liked
soccer
                                                                                                         (V1èV2)
Question Word Questions:
Where do you live?
Question Word
Auxiliary Verb
Subject
Main Verb
Where
do
you
live?

She asked me where I lived.
She asked me
Question Word
Subject
Main Verb
where
I
lived
                                                                                                                       (V1èV2)

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