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Reported speech · CEFR B2 · Confident
A reported question stops being a question: the word order goes back to normal, the question mark goes, and yes/no questions take "if".
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He asked me where I lived.
asked + (if / question word) + subject + verb
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Example 1 of 1
He asked me where I lived.
A reported question has no "do" and no swap.
The shape
asked + (if / question word) + subject + verb
Report a question without leaving it looking like one.
In Hindi
बताया गया सवाल अब सवाल नहीं रहता — क्रम सामान्य हो जाता है और प्रश्नचिह्न हट जाता है।
CoCap explains every structure in both languages, because a rule you understand in Hindi is a rule you can use in English.
The sentence Indian-English speakers actually produce, and the reason it is wrong.
| Commonly said | Correct English |
|---|---|
He asked me where do I live. | He asked me where I lived. A reported question has no "do" and no swap. |
These come first. The rest of this makes more sense once they are automatic.
Close enough to be mixed up with this one. Knowing the difference is most of knowing either.
Where this structure sits in the ladder, and what surrounds it.
Reported questions is a CEFR B2 structure — the confident band — and it belongs to reported speech. CoCap’s syllabus files every structure this way so you can learn in order instead of jumping between whatever a search happened to return.
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