Interrogative sentences.
Affirmative sentence
Positive sentence in reported speech consist of principal part and subordinate one. When we use reported speech it turns into complex sentence. The words of the author (I said / told) get principal part, and indirect speech transforms into extra subordinate sentence with that.
The Following changes take place:
| now | then |
| here | there |
| this | that |
| these | those |
| today | that day |
| tomorrow | the next day, the following day, the day after |
| yesterday | the day before, the previous day |
| next week | the following week |
| last week | the previous week |
| ago | before, previously |
Affirmative sentence with say / tell
Affirmative sentence introduced by say / tell
Say is used in direct and indirect speech:
When there is no person mentioned
Teacher said, "The fire broke out yesterday"-
Teacher said that the fire broke out the previous day.
The verb Tell is used without to only in indirect speech when there is a reference to a person
Igor said, " Max, I'll do it tomorrow".
Igor told Max that he would do it the next day.
To introduce indirect speech we also can use the words such as:
| remark | отмечать |
| mention | упоминать |
| promise | обещать |
| inform | информировать |
| answer | отвечать |
| reply | говорить в ответ |
Interrogative sentences
General question in reported speech. If/whether
Main sentence+ If/whether + word order of affirmative sentence
Do you really want to hurt me? - she asked.
She asked if he really wanted to hurt her.
Alternative question.
general question + (alternative) OR
Do you or does she really want to hurt me? - she asked.
She aked if I or she really wanted to hurt her.
Специальный вопрос. Special question
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Главное предложение |
What Where Who When Why How much How many Who... with |
+ порядок слов утвердительного предложения |
"Where have you been" - my mother asked.
My mother asked where I had been.
He siad:" Who did you go with"
He asked who I had gone with.
