Narration

Anonymoushe said to me, "where you were yesterday"?

Hi,

‘Where were you yesterday?’ he asked me.

‘I was home,’ I replied.

Regards

Hi,

some questions please..

1. is totally wrong to say : "where have you been yesterday"??I know that usually when the specific time is expressed it should be "where were you" but if I think of the whole day, it is not specified if morning, afternoon or evening, so theoretically I could also say "where have you been" ??

2. I would add "at" home . Correct?

Thank

Pamela811. "Where have you been yesterday"? 2. I would add "at" home. Correct?

Hi,

"Where were you yesterday?" Yesterday is a specific time in the past, as you described nicely,

and we therefore use the simple past. Home is also used as an adverb. One might use at, but

actually it is redundant.

Regards

got it ! Thanks !!

One more remark.... at school teachers usually teach "I am at home" but "I go home" can you please tell me how is it possible, since you say that it is redundant.. ?

Pamela

Hi,

I am home.

I stay home.

I'm going home.

I'm getting home.

She drove me home.

He is glad to be home.

All of these are correct. At or to are commonly omitted because home is an adverb.

Regards

no reason not to believe a native English speaker :-))) thank you so much!!

Cheers

PAMELA

Pamela81Thank you so much!

Hi,

Please have a look here:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home?show=1&t=1324730897

You can find some

great, thanks! I checked ... the examples of home are very useful.

Now I just have to get out of the habit of saying "at" :-)

Thanks!!

Pamela

i think in reported speech past indefinite changes to past perfect and it should look like this

"he asked me where i had been yesterday"