What did they ask?
Justin Bieber asked if it was too late then to say sorry.
Is it too late now to say sorry?
What happens when you are reporting a question?
a) You need to turn it into an indirect question.
b) You need to change the question mark in the end.
A
Haven't I made it obvious? Haven't I made it clear?
Anne-Marie asked if she hadn't made it obivous, if she hadn't made it clear.
Rihanna asked me where I had been all her life.
Where have you been all my life?
1. Where have you been?
2. She asked me where I had been
To report questions with wh- the verb in the direct question:
( ) goes to the affirmative form
( ) remains in the interrogative form
(x) goes to the affirmative form
Do you, do you, do you love me?
McFly asked me if I loved them.
Rihanna asked me what her name was.
Oh, na, na, what's my name?
To report yes/no questions, we need to add
( ) a wh- word
( ) the word if (or whether)
(x) the word if (or whether)
Who do you think you are?
Christina Perri asked me who I thought I was.
Adele asked me why I was so shy.
If you don't like the way I talk, then why am I on your mind?
Dua Lipa asked why you were on her mind, if you didn't like the way she talked.
Britney Spears asked me if I wanted a piece of her.
Do you want a piece of me?
Do I wanna know if this feeling flows both ways?
He asked me if he wanted to know whether that feeling flowed both ways.