Inglés reported questions

En el siguiente post os damos 6 claves para que podáis formar las ‘reported questions’ de manera corecta en inglés.

1. El verbo cambia como en ‘reported speech’.

2. Siempre se pone el sujeto antes del verbo en ‘reported questions’ y nunca se usa el auxiliar do/does/did.

Ejemplo: What did you do yesterday?

He asked me what I had done yesterday.

3. En yes/no preguntas se usa if o whether

Ejemplo: Are you Spanish?

He asked me if I was Spanish.

Do you live here?

She asked me whether I lived here.

4. No se pone la puntuación ‘?’ en reported questions.

5. Se usan las palabras where, when, who, what, which, why, whose en reported questions sin el verbo auxiliar.

Ejemplos:

Where do you live?

He asked me where I lived.

What do you like doing in your free time?

She asked me what I liked doing in my free time.

6. Se dice: She asked me, he asked him, we asked them, they asked us etc para introducir la pregunta en reported speech.

Ejercicio: Completa las preguntas en ‘reported speech’ y después haz clic para ver las respuestas de Reported Questions.

1. What do you like doing in your free time?

She asked him……………………………………

2. Which school does your son go to?

I asked her…………………………………………

3. Where did you go on holiday last year?

He asked us…………………………………………

4. Are they from here?

We asked her……………………………………….

5. Can you swim?

He asked me…………………………………………