Question

Study the sentences in exercise 3 on page 84 again. What did the people actually say? Listen to the radio programme again and
check. Then complete the rules with the words
in the box.
if not do to ask
or dia.
RULES
When we report a question:
1 We use the verb to reporta question
2 The word order in reported questions
is the same as in statements, the
subject comes before the verb and
we don't use
3 When we report yes) no questions,
we use or whether
When we report a command or a request:
4 We use a reporting verb + object +
infinitive with We usually use
the reporting verb tell for reported
commands and ask for requests.
5 For negative commands, we add
after the object