Tema 6

Reported Questions

Las preguntas informadas son una forma de discurso informado.

Por lo general, presentamos preguntas informadas con el verbo "ask":

Reported YES/NO questions

Presentamos preguntasYES/NO informadas con ask + if:

Ejemplo

direct question	She said,	"Do you like coffee?"
reported question	She asked	if I liked coffee.

Reported question-word questions

Ejemplo

direct question	He said,	"Where	do you live?"
reported question	He asked me	where	I lived.

Ejemplos

	direct question	reported question
YES/NO questions	I said: "Can I help you?"	I asked if I could help her.
	She said to us: "Did you feel cold?"	She asked if we had felt cold.
	He said: "Are your hands cold?"	He asked whether my hands were cold.
question-word questions	He said: "Where are you going?"	He asked me where I was going.
	He said: "Why didn't you say something?"	He asked me why I hadn't said anything.
	He said: "When will they come?"	He asked when they would come.
	He said: "Who has seen Avatar?"	He asked me who had seen Avatar.
	He said: "How much might it cost?"	He asked me how much it might cost.
	She said to me: "Where is the station?"	She asked me where the station was.
choice questions	He asked, "Do you want tea or coffee?"	He asked whether I wanted tea or coffee.
	He said, "Is the car new or second-hand?"	He asked whether the car was new or second-hand.