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Reported questions

1)The word order in reported questions is different in reported speech.
There is no inversion of subject and auxiliary verb and there is no do/does/did.
This is similar to indirect questions.
Why have you come here?
I asked her why she had come here.
What time is it?
He wants to know what time it is.
Where do you live?
She asked me where I lived.
Note: We don t use a question mark in a reported question.
We do not use say in reported questions.
He said, "How old are you?
He asked me how old I am.

2)If there is no question word, we use if or whether.
She wants to know if she should wear a dress.
She wants to know whether she should wear a dress.

Reported command, request, etc.
1)For reported command, request, offers, and advice, we use
Verb + present + to + infinitive
They told us to go away.
They asked me to look after their cat.
He urged the teachers to go back to work.
She persuaded me to have my hair cut.
I advised the President to leave immediately.
2)For negative commands, use not before to.
He told me not to tell anyone.
The police wanted people not to go out.
3)We use all for reported statements and reported commands, but the form is different.

Reported statements
He told me that he was going.
They told us that they were going abroad.
She told them what had been happening.

Reported commands
He told me to keep still.
The police told people to move on.
My parents told me to clean up my room.
We use ask for reported commands and reported questions, but the form is different.

Reported commands
I was asked to attend the interview.
He asked me to open my suitcase.
She asked me not leave.

Reported questions
He asked me what I did for a living.
I asked her how much the rent was.
She asked me why I had come.