 Reported speech, requests, orders, and questions from espressoenglish.net Reported speech is talking about what someone said in the past. In part one of this lesson, we studied reported statements. Now we'll learn reported requests, orders, and questions. For reported requests, use the structure Asked, me, him, her, us, or them, too. For example, direct, please make some copies. Reported, she asked me to make some copies. Direct, please close the door. Reported, he asked us to close the door. In the case of reported requests, the main verb does not change. It is close in the direct statement and close in the reported statement. For reported orders or commands, use the structure Told, me, him, her, us, or them, too. For example, direct, go to the bank. Reported, he told me to go to the bank. Direct, don't eat the cake. Reported, she told them not to eat the cake. Again, in reported orders, the main verb does not change its form, from the direct to the reported statement. Reported questions, yes or no questions. In this case, use asked if or wanted to know if in the reported question. Direct, are you coming to the party? Reported, he asked if I was coming to the party. Direct, has John arrived yet? Reported, she wanted to know if John had arrived yet. In reported yes or no questions, we don't use the auxiliary verbs do, does, or did. For example, direct, do you like tomatoes? Reported, she asked if I liked tomatoes. Or, she asked if I liked tomatoes. Direct, did you have a nice trip? In the reported question, we don't use the auxiliary verb did. They wanted to know if I had a nice trip. To report other questions that are not yes or no questions, we use asked and wanted to know, with no auxiliary verbs do, does, or did. For example, direct, what time do you start work? Reported, he asked what time I start work. There is no auxiliary verb do in the reported question. Direct, where did Sarah buy her car? Reported, he wanted to know where Sarah had bought her car. Again, there is no auxiliary verb did in the reported question. In reported questions with the verb be, the word order changes. For example, direct, where is she from? Reported, he asked where she was from. You can see the word order changes. Is she becomes she was in the reported question. Here's another example. Direct, how are you feeling? Reported, she wanted to know how I was feeling. The word order changes from the direct to the reported question. Thanks for watching English Tips from espressoenglish.net. If you liked this video, please share it.