LIVING ABROAD
Reporting Questions
COMPLETE THE TABLE WITH THE REPORTED
FORM OF THE INTERVIEWER’S QUESTIONS.
Question
Reported question
What is your job?
She asked me what my job was.
Why did you come here?
She asked me why we had come
here.
Are you going to make Ireland your
home?
She asked me whether we were
going to make Ireland our home.
Were the people friendly?
She asked me if the people had been
friendly.
How long have you been here?
She asked me how long I had been
here.
Is Ireland very different from Cuba? She asked me if Ireland was very
different from Cuba.
Do you miss Cuba?
She asked me if I missed Cuba.
COMPLETE THE TABLE WITH THE REPORTED
FORM OF THE INTERVIEWER’S QUESTIONS.
Question
What is your job?
Why did you come here?
Are you going to make Ireland your
home?
Were the people friendly?
How long have you been here?
Is Ireland very different from Cuba?
Do you miss Cuba?
Reported question
REPORTED QUESTIONS
1. If there is a question word (when, where, how…)
we use it first.
‘Why are you late?’
She asked me why I was late.
2. If there isn’t a question word, we use if/whether.
Are you happy?
She asked me if I was happy.
3. Word order is the same as in statements.
S + P + (O)
She asked me if I had taken the book.
4. Be careful about the tenses! (slaganje vremena)
P.
101, EX. 8
1.
Is the climate hot or cold?
Does it rain a lot?
Can I take my cat with me?
Which means of transport is the best for coming there?
How much money do I need per month?
Will I be allowed to work legally?
Have you had many exchange students before?
Where have they lived?
Is the food different from Spanish food?
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REPORT THESE QUESTIONS:
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Where do you live?
Do you like swimming?
When did you last go to the cinema?
Did you make that noise?
Where have you been?
Have you bought enough milk?
Will you do the dishes?
When will you come back?
Are you talking to me?
Where are you going?
REPORT THESE QUESTIONS:
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She asked me where I lived.
She asked me if I liked swimming.
She asked me when I had last gone to the cinema.
She asked me if I had made that noise.
She asked me where I had been.
She asked me if I had bought enough milk.
She asked me if I would do the dishes.
She asked me when I would come back.
She asked me if I was talking to her.
She asked me where I was going.
MULTI-PART VERBS P. 103
go back = vracati se
 drop somebody off = odvesti nekoga
 hurry up = pozuriti
 pick somebody up = pokupiti nekoga, povesti
 hang on = sacekati
 catch up with somebody = stici nekoga
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USE THE MULTI-PART VERBS TO COMPLETE
THE SENTENCES
Can you ________me ____ from the airport?
 She doesn’t want to _________ to her husband.
 I ran and _____________ her at the post office.
 Please, ___________. We are going to be late!
 Could you ______the children ____ to school on
your way to work?
 __________ a minute - I’m not quite ready.
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USE THE MULTI-PART VERBS TO COMPLETE
THE SENTENCES
Can you pick me up from the airport?
 She doesn’t want to go back to her husband.
 I ran and caught up with her at the post office.
 Please, hurry up. We are going to be late!
 Could you drop the children off to school on your
way to work?
 Hang on a minute - I’m not quite ready.
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