The teacher asked them how they wanted to do the activity. Not: I asked her where was the bus station? (original question: ‘Where is the bus station?’) I asked her when it had happened (original question: ‘When did it happen?’). We also use statement word order (subject + verb) with when, where, why and how: (original question: ‘What are you doing?’) The reported clause is in statement form (subject + verb), not question form: ( what is the object of cost original question: ‘What will the repairs cost?’) ( who is the subject of came original question: ‘Who came to meet you at the airport?’) I asked them who came to meet them at the airport. The reported clause is in statement form (subject + verb), not question form. Indirect reports of yes-no questions and questions with or consist of a reporting clause and a reported clause introduced by if or whether. Indirect speech: reporting questions Reporting yes-no questions and alternative questions ( that-clause without that) (or I told my wife that I didn’t want a party on my 50th birthday.) I told my wife I didn’t want a party on my 50th birthday. (The pilot’s words were: ‘The weather was extremely bad as the plane came in to land.’)

The pilot commented that the weather had been extremely bad as the plane came in to land. We often omit that, especially in informal situations: Example for indirect speech: Indirect reports of statements consist of a reporting clause and a that-clause. The nurse asked Joel if/whether he was ready. Examples of indirect speech and direct speech

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