Reported Speech Questions Medium
When reporting wh-questions in indirect speech, there are certain changes that occur to the question words. Here are the changes that take place:
1. "What" changes to "what" or "the thing that":
- Example: "What is your favorite color?" becomes "He asked me what my favorite color was."
2. "Where" changes to "where" or "the place where":
- Example: "Where is the nearest supermarket?" becomes "She asked me where the nearest supermarket was."
3. "When" changes to "when" or "the time when":
- Example: "When is the meeting scheduled?" becomes "They asked me when the meeting was scheduled."
4. "Why" changes to "why" or "the reason why":
- Example: "Why did you quit your job?" becomes "He asked me why I had quit my job."
5. "Who" changes to "who" or "the person who":
- Example: "Who is coming to the party?" becomes "She asked me who was coming to the party."
6. "Whose" changes to "whose" or "the person's whose":
- Example: "Whose car is parked outside?" becomes "They asked me whose car was parked outside."
7. "Which" changes to "which" or "the one which":
- Example: "Which book did you choose?" becomes "He asked me which book I had chosen."
8. "How" changes to "how" or "the way in which":
- Example: "How did you solve the problem?" becomes "She asked me how I had solved the problem."
It is important to note that the tense and pronoun changes also occur in indirect speech, along with the changes in question words.