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Presentation 4
Presentation 4
Pilot: The weather was extremely bad as the plane came in to land.
The pilot commented that the weather had been extremely bad as the plane came in to land
Reporting wh-questions
Indirect reports of wh-questions consist of a reporting clause, and a reported clause beginning with a wh-word
(who, what, when, where, why, how). We don’t use a question mark:
Jimmy: What do you want?
Jimmy asked what I wanted.
Indirect reports of commands consist of a reporting clause, and a reported clause beginning with
a to-infinitive:
We also use a to-infinitive clause in indirect reports with other verbs that mean wanting or getting
people to do something, for example, advise, encourage, or warn: