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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Indirect questions
Hello everybody
I have a question regarding indirect questions. I'm famalier with its construction and word order; however, I'm having a hard time changing these direct questions into indirect ones.
Direct question:
1. What happened?
2, What has happened?
2. What happened here?
4. What has happened here?
Indirect questions:
Could you please tell me....
1.?
2.?
3.?
4.?
Thank you in advance.
I have a question regarding indirect questions. I'm famalier with its construction and word order; however, I'm having a hard time changing these direct questions into indirect ones.
Direct question:
1. What happened?
2, What has happened?
2. What happened here?
4. What has happened here?
Indirect questions:
Could you please tell me....
1.?
2.?
3.?
4.?
Thank you in advance.
Top answer
Anonymous I'm having a hard time changing these direct questions into indirect ones. You need to know one little important fact. If the question word at the beginning of the direct question is the subject of the sentence, the word order in the indirect question is the same as in the direct question.
- Anonymous I'm having a hard time changing these direct questions into indirect ones.
- You need to know one little important fact.
- If the question word at the beginning of the direct question is the subject of the sentence, the word order in the indirect question is the same as in the direct question.
- [I wonder / I don't know / I can't imagine / I have no idea / I don't remember] what (has) happened (here) .
- CJ
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AnonymousI'm having a hard time changing these direct questions into indirect ones.You need to know one little important fact. If the question word at the beginning of the direct question is the subject of the sentence, the word order in the indirect question is the same as in the direct question.
[I wonder / I don't know / I can't imagine / I ha
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Thank you very much for taking the time to answer the question. Now it makes sense to me and things have become less confusing, but what about reporting questions like this one:
"who ate the apple?"
Would this be the correct way to write it?
He asked who ate the apple.
"who ate the apple?"
Would this be the correct way to write it?
He asked who ate the apple.
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1. She asked what happened / had happened.
2,She asked what had happened.
2.She asked what happened / had happened there.
4. She asked what had happened there.
2,She asked what had happened.
2.She asked what happened / had happened there.
4. She asked what had happened there.
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AnonymousWould this be the correct way to write it? He asked who ate the apple.Yes, that's correct. "who" is the subject, as you can see by answering the question. Robert ate the apple.
CJ
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