Reporting a question — practise and choose the right form

Reporting a question: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.

Duration: 25 minPrerequisites: discours-indirect-questions-repererPass mark: 80%

1. Objective

By the end, you will manipulate forms related to “Reporting a question” without copying the model.

2. Discover

Read the examples for “Reporting a question — practise and choose the right form” as language you might use today. What clue helps you choose the right structure?

3. Understand

When transforming a question, rebuild it as a statement after the reporting verb. Do not keep the direct-question word order.

« Est-ce que vous avez reçu le mail ? » → Elle demande si nous avons reçu le mail.« À quelle heure ferme la banque ? » → Il demande à quelle heure la banque ferme.« Qui vient demain ? » → Elle demande qui vient demain.« Vous pouvez attendre ? » → Le secrétaire demande si je peux attendre.« Comment avez-vous trouvé l’adresse ? » → Il demande comment nous avons trouvé l’adresse.« Quel document manque ? » → Elle demande quel document manque.

Watch out

First identify the relation between the ideas: cause, consequence, contrast, condition, time… Choose the connector from the meaning, not the other way around.

4. Guided practice

5. Independent practice

6. Write / speak

Write three sentences you could genuinely say or send. Change the subject, context and at least one lexical element.

7. Check your learning

8. Remember

When transforming a question, rebuild it as a statement after the reporting verb.

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9. Now I can…

I can recognise “Reporting a question” in a new example.
I can justify my choice and create an example.