WHAT OTHER
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How to form reported
questions
Collocations with 'raise'
To form reporting
direct questions
Key language Reported questions
Where are my keys? In reported questions,
the tenses moves one
tense back from the
tense in direct question.
The subject and the
verb swap places.
Subject comes before the verb
in reported questions.
Kia asked me where her keys
were. Have you seen them?
The tense in reported
questions goes back.
Further examples
Why can’t you come to
the airport?
Object can be included to say
who was asked the question.
She asked me why I couldn’t
come to the airport.
When will she land? Object can also be omitted.
They asked when she
would land.
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How to form Reported questions
Subject Reporting
Verb Object Question
word Subject Verb
He asked me where his
phone was.
Main verb in the
reported questions The object can The subject Tense goes back
is usually 'ask.' be left out. comes before one tense from
the verb. direct speech.
Say the direct questions out
loud as reported questions
When will the train depart?
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Where will the party take place?
_________________________
What can I do to make it interesting?
_________________________
What are they going to discuss?
_________________________
Why will Sita not come to the party?
_________________________
What time will the party end?
_________________________
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rewrite the sentences, putting
The words in the correct order
application. | He | he | where | asked | submit | the | should
_____________________________
breakfast. | She | what | asked | to | me | for | prepare
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me | Sia | They | why | asked | meeting. | attended | the
_____________________________
when | We | would | asked | open. | restaurant | the
_____________________________
going | I | who | asked | to | was | pick | Mom. | up
_____________________________
Key language Reporting questions with 'do'
When does the
concert start? Leave the auxiliary verb 'do'
out in reported questions
He asked me when the
concert started.
Use the past form of the verb.
Further examples
Why do you want to leave
the company?
They asked me why I wanted
to leave the company.
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Who do you know here?
She asked me who I
knew there.
Rewrite the sentence, correcting the errors
You asked me where he did go.
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They asked me why did I want to work there.
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She asked me when did the conference start.
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He asked who did come to meet him.
_________________________
We asked when do can we return the book.
_________________________
I asked what kind of job did he prefer.
_________________________
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Read the Report and answer the questions
NOVEMBER 20
22| State News
SAVE THE ENDANGERED
ANIMALS SAYS
ZOOLOGIST
night at the Central
At a special fundraising dinner last
s gathered to raise
Zoo, zoologists and conservationist
animals. Zoologist
awareness regarding endangered
rows. And then
Mila gave a speech that raised eyeb
money to her cause.
raised the roof, as guests donated
Africa’s animals face
She elaborated on the danger that
She raised fears that
from poaching and illegal hunting.
ld disappear from
the lions, elephants, and rhinos cou
tions about the
the landscape. She also raised ques
fight against poaching.
persuaded people to
She was a passionate speaker and
e also asked for
raise money for her campaign. Sh
where everyone
people’s support for her campaign
raised their hands in support.
Inform people
about an issue
Surprise or Ask people about
shock people something
Raise
Make people Make people
worried about a excited about
problem something
Collect money Put hands in the
for a cause air (volunteer)
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