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Reported speech (questions)

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"Where are you, Paul?" asked me my friend.

My friend asked me where I was.

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"What will you choose?" they asked me after a while.

After a while they asked me what I would choose.

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"Are you flying to New York soon?" he wanted to know.

He wanted to know if I was flying / whether I was flying to New York soon.

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"May I help you with the luggage?" asked me the porter.

The porter asked me if he might help me / whether he might help me with the luggage.

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"Have you set your alarm clock for 6.30?" he asked me.

He asked me if I had set my / whether I had set my alarm clock for 6.30.

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"Is Prague the capital of the Czech Republic?" we needed to know.

We needed to know whether/if Prague was the capital of the Czech Republic.

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"Would you rather dance, Sarah?" Peter asked me.

Peter asked me if I would / whether I would rather dance.

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"How long have you been standing in the queue?" he wanted to know.

He wanted to know how long I had been standing in the queue.

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"What do you do for a living?" she wondered.

She wondered what I did for a living.

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"Do you want to change your job?" asked me Joe.

Joe asked me if I wanted it / whether I wanted to change my job.

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"Where did you live before that?" they wanted to know.

They wanted to know where I had lived before that.

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"Why are you reading this magazine?" he was curious to know.

He was curious to know why I was reading that magazine.

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Christopher: "Do you want to dance?"

Christopher asked me if I wanted to dance.

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Ronald: "Where does Maria park her car?"

Ronald asked me where Maria parked her car.

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Mandy: "Can I help you?"

Mandy wanted to know if she could help me.

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Andrew: "Will Mandy have lunch with Sue?"

Andrew asked me if Mandy would have lunch with Sue.

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