Red Line 4, Coursebook

one hundred and for ty-three 143 G19 Fragen in der indirekten Rede ➝ p. 89.3 Questions in reported speech Bei direkten Fragen ohne Fragewort wird die Frage in der indirekten Rede mit Sätzen wie z. B. They asked (me) / wanted to know + whether / if (= ob) eingeleitet. Direct speech (Fragen ohne Fragewort) Reported speech (Einleitungssatz im simple past ) “ Do you like the screenplay?” They asked me whether I liked the screenplay. simple present ➝ simple past “ Did you like shooting the action scenes?” They wanted to know whether I had liked shooting the action scenes. simple past ➝ past perfect “ Are you working on another movie?” They also asked whether I was working on another movie. present progressive ➝ past progressive Bei direkten Fragen mit Fragewort wird das Fragewort in der indirekten Rede beibehalten: z. B. They asked (me) / wanted to know + what / when / who . Direct speech (Fragen mit Fragewort) R eported speech (Einleitungssatz im simple past ) “What kind of movie is it?” They asked me what kind of movie it was . simple present ➝ simple past “Who wrote the screenplay?” They wanted to know who had written the screenplay. simple past/present perfect ➝ past perfect “When will it be in the movie theaters?” They asked when it would be in the movie theaters. will ➝ would Die Wortstellung in indirekten Fragesätzen ist dieselbe wie in Aussagesätzen: “Did you like the movie?” Subjekt Verb Objekt ➝ They asked me whether I had liked the movie . Test yourself Chippy, Jack and Jane watched a movie on TV yesterday. When Chippy saw his animal friends, they had lots of questions. Write their questions as reported speech . 1. Was it a good movie? ➝ They wanted to know whether … . 2. Did it have a happy ending? ➝ They asked whether … . 3. What was the name of the movie? ➝ They … . 4. Who were the stars? ➝ They … . Grammar G Unit 5 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv