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Reported speech: questions
Grammar

May and might: review We use the verb ask when reporting
questions. In reported questions we use
REMEMBER! the statement word order and the question
mark is omitted.
1. We use may/ might to say that something is
possible at present or in the future. 1. To report a Wh-question, we use Subject
+ asked (somebody) + question word +
Example:
clause.
He may/ might be in the offi ce.
Example:
2. Normally, either can be used. Although, using
‘What were you doing at the time?’
may slightly increases the chance that
something will happen. She asked (me) what I was doing/ I had been
doing at the time.
Example:
2. To report a Yes/ No question, we use Subject
- Tom may lend you the money. (This is unlikely.)
+ asked (somebody) + if/ whether + clause.
- Tom might lend you the money. (I think this is
Example:
very unlikely.)
‘Did the alien talk to you?’
3. May is sometimes used in formal English,
meaning to be allowed. Might is NOT used in She asked me if/ whether the alien talked/
this case. had talked to me.
Example:
Remember that pronouns, possessive
Lecturers may use projectors if they wish. adjectives, verb tenses, and time expressions
change in reported questions just as in
reported statements. Look back at Unit 11
for a review of hohoww ththeyeyy c chahange.
for a review of how they change.
Use may/ might to fi ll each of the blank.
1. You _______ have a little diffi culty driving at night.
2. I _______ have an allergy to shrimp. I have never
tried it.
3. We _______ go to London for a holiday, if we can
still aff ord it.
4. The examiner says we _______ leave when we’ve
fi nished.
5. I don’t know, but I _______ go to the lecture about
UFOs.
6. Students _______ only borrow four books at
a time.
7. There _______ be life on other planets.
8. Students over fi fteen _______ bring a phone to
school.

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