REPORTED QUESTIONS
What is a reported question?
A reported question is when we tell someone what another person asked.
How else can the reported question be called?
Indirect question
What is the backshift of the Present continuous tense?
Past continuous
We use _________ for yes or no questions.
If / whether
What other modal verb do we use instead of should?
What is the backshift of "am, is, are going to" and "will" tenses?
was / were , will
Are you going to my conference? He wanted to know.
He wanted to know if I/we was/were going to his conference.
When could they get this done by? I wondered.
I wondered when they could get this done by.
What is the backshift of the Present perfect tense and the modal verb May?
Past Perfect and might or could.
Report the following question:
Have you finished the project yet? Ayumi asked us.
Ayumi asked us if we had finished the project already.
May I use your phone? Gaby asked Edmundo.
Gaby asked Edmundo if / whether she could use his phone.
What is the backshift of the modal verbs "should and ought to"?
There's no backshift. It's "should" and "ought to".
Report the following questions:
1.How much did the concert tickets cost? Valentina asked.
2. Have you read this book? I asked him.
1.Valentina asked how much the concert tickets had cost.
2. I asked him if / whether he had read this book.
Report the following questions:
1. What might cell phones be able to do in the future? he wondered
2. Shall I carry your suitcase? I asked.
1. He wondered what cell phones might be able to do in the future.
2. I asked if / whether I should carry his/her/their/your suitcase.
Backshift:
We change from "have to" to ________ and from "simple past" to _________.
Backshift:
We change from "have to" to had to and from "simple past" to present perfect/past perfect.