Backshift of tenses
Present simple changes to......
Past Simple
THIS changes
THAT
"Am I late?" She asked.......
She asked me if she was late.
Where do you live? He asked ....
She asked me where I lived.
When we report questions, the subject comes ______ the verb.
When we report questions, the subject comes before the verb.
will changes to....
would
HERE changes to....
there
"Do they own a flat?" She asked....
She asked me if they owned a flat.
Who was that fantastic man? She asked me .....
She asked me who that fantastic man had been.
We ______________auxiliary verbs (do, does, did).
We don't use auxiliary verbs (do, does, did).
have/has + 3rd/ed changes to ....
had + 3rd/ -ed
NOW changes to ....
then
Have you seen my car? He asked...
He asked me if I had seen his car.
Have you ever been to Mexico? She asked me ...
She asked me if I had ever been to Mexico.
When we write reported questions, we _________ a question mark.
When we write reported questions, we don't use a question mark.
Past Perfect changes to ....
Past Perfect
NEXT WEEK change to ....
the following week
Did you turn off the coffee pot? She asked Bob.....
She asked Bob if she had turned off the coffee pot.
How can I get to the subway? Tom wanted to know....
how he could get to the subway.
Instead of "if" we can use....
whether
Past Continuous changes to ...
Past Perfect Continuous
YESTERDAY changes to .....
the day before/previous day
“Will Kate meet her friends tomorrow? He asked .....
He asked if Kate would meet her friends the next day.
What were the children doing the whole evening? He wanted to know....
He wanted to know what the children had been doing the whole evening.
When we report questions, we use an _______________ word order.
When we report questions, we use an affirmative sentence word order.