![]() (original question: ‘What are you doing?’) The reported clause is in statement form (subject + verb), not question form: ![]() ( what is the object of cost original question: ‘What will the repairs cost?’) ( who is the subject of came original question: ‘Who came to meet you at the airport?’) I asked them who came to meet them at the airport. The reported clause is in statement form (subject + verb), not question form. Indirect reports of yes-no questions and questions with or consist of a reporting clause and a reported clause introduced by if or whether. Indirect speech: reporting questions Reporting yes-no questions and alternative questions ( that-clause without that) (or I told my wife that I didn’t want a party on my 50th birthday.) I told my wife I didn’t want a party on my 50th birthday. (The pilot’s words were: ‘The weather was extremely bad as the plane came in to land.’) The pilot commented that the weather had been extremely bad as the plane came in to land. ![]() We often omit that, especially in informal situations: Example for indirect speech: Indirect reports of statements consist of a reporting clause and a that-clause. The nurse asked Joel if/whether he was ready. Examples of indirect speech and direct speech ![]()
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