Reported Speech Questions Medium
When reporting questions within reported speech in indirect speech, there are a few key changes that need to be made. First, the question word order is changed to a statement word order. For example, "Where are you going?" becomes "She asked where I was going." Second, the question mark is removed and replaced with a period. Third, the verb tense may need to be changed depending on the context and the time of the original question. For example, if the original question was in the present simple tense, it would be changed to the past simple tense in reported speech. Lastly, if the reported speech includes a question tag, it is also changed to a statement. For example, "You don't like ice cream, do you?" becomes "He asked if I didn't like ice cream." Overall, when reporting questions within reported speech in indirect speech, the focus is on transforming the question into a statement while maintaining the meaning and context of the original question.