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REPORTED CLOSED QUESTIONS REPORTING QUESTIONS WITH “OR”
If the answer to a question in direct speech is “yes” or “no,” “if” or “whether” “If” or “whether” can also be used to report
is used to report the question. “Whether” is more formal than “if.” questions that use “or” in direct speech.
Direct question.
The verb changes tense.
Reported question uses “if” or “whether.”
FURTHER EXAMPLES
FURTHER EXAMPLES
In reported questions with “if” and “whether,”
the object after “asked” can be left out.
Reported questions with “if” and “whether”
leave out the auxiliary verb “do.”
HOW TO FORM
SUBJECT “ASKED” OBJECT “IF / WHETHER” SUBJECT VERB REST OF SENTENCE
The object can be left out. “If” and “whether” mean the same thing, but “whether” is more formal.
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