Reporte de Preguntas en Pasado: Estructura y Ejemplos

Clase 12 de 24 • Curso de Inglés Intermedio B1: Preguntas de Confirmación y Posibilidades

Contenido del curso

Introduction

1
Prefijos y Adjetivos Compuestos en Inglés Intermedio
01:24 min

Prepositions

Future

Questions

Conjugations

Prefixes and Suffixes

Verbs, Adjectives & Nouns

Relative clauses

Course Outcomes

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Proyecto final de inglés intermedio: audio de deseos y aspiraciones
01:45 min

Tomar examen

Resumen

Ahora aprenderás a escribir y reportar preguntas en pasado. En caso de expresar que alguien te realizó una pregunta ten en cuenta el tiempo verbal de la pregunta y no el texto de manera literal.

Estructura: Emisor + asked + receptor + mensaje.

Preguntas en presente simple

Si la pregunta está conjugada de la forma present simple, entonces, para transmitir el mensaje a alguien más, deberás conjugarla en la forma past simple.

Original question: How much do you earn? (He asked me) Reported question: He asked me how much I earned.

Preguntas en pasado simple

Si la pregunta está conjugada de la forma past simple. Entonces, para transmitir el mensaje a alguien más, deberás conjugarla en la forma past perfect simple.

Original question: What did you do yesterday? (Jhon asked my friend) Reported question: Jhon asked my friend what he had done yesterday.

Ejemplos para transmitir preguntas en pasado

Original question: Why do you like cars so much? Reported question: She asked me why I liked cars so much.

Original question: Why did she wake up so early in the morning? Reported question: He asked me why she had woken up so early.

Original question: When is your birthday? Reported question: He asked me when my birthday was.

Original question: How long were they there? Reported question: He asked me how long they had been there.

Ejercicios para transmitir preguntas en pasado

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Reported past questions

Contribución creada por Andrés Guano.

Libardo Arturo Arroyave Bustos

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📘 Introduction: Understanding Reported Past Questions

This class shifts attention from repeating someone’s exact words to accurately conveying the meaning of what they asked. The goal is clarity, accuracy, and confident communication—especially useful in conversations, storytelling, and professional contexts.

🎯 Why We Use Reported Questions

When we report a question, we prioritize content over quotation. Instead of repeating the original question word for word, we adapt it grammatically to fit into a statement.

Example from the lesson

Direct question: “What time did you arrive?”
Reported version: Cesar asked me what time I had arrived.

🔍 Notice how:

The question becomes a statement
The verb tense shifts back
The word order changes (no auxiliary “did”)

⏳ Tense Changes: The Core Rule

A central concept in reported questions is backshifting—changing verb tenses to reflect that the question happened in the past.

🟢 Present Simple → 🔵 Past Simple

If the original question is in the present simple, the reported question moves to the past simple.

Example:

Direct: “How much do you earn?”
Reported: He asked me how much I earned.

🔵 Past Simple → 🟣 Past Perfect

If the original question is already in the past simple, the reported version uses the past perfect.

Example:

Direct: “What did you do yesterday?”
Reported: He asked me what I had done yesterday.

🧠 Quick Reminder: Past Perfect Structure

The lesson briefly revisits the past perfect to support understanding.

Structure:

had + past participle

Example:

do → done
She asked me what I had done.

This structure helps clarify that the action happened before the moment of asking.

📝 Guided Examples from the Lesson

The instructor walks through multiple examples to reinforce the pattern:

Why do you like cars so much? → She asked me why I liked cars so much.
Why did she wake up so early? → He asked me why she had woken up so early.
When is your birthday? → He asked me when my birthday was.
How long were they there? → He asked me how long they had been there.

✨ These examples show how time expressions, pronouns, and verb forms may also change.

🧩 Interactive Practice: Apply What You Learned

The lesson includes hands-on practice to build confidence and accuracy.

Sample practice questions and model answers:

Where do you usually go on Christmas Day? → He asked me where I usually went on Christmas Day.
Why did you decide to study English? → He asked me why I had decided to study English.
When is your mother’s birthday? → He asked me when my mother’s birthday was.

✍️ Learners are encouraged to pause, write their own answers, and compare them with examples.

📚 Extra Practice & Learning Support

To reinforce the lesson, additional resources are provided:

🧾 A worksheet focused on reported questions
✅ An answer key for self-checking
💬 An open invitation to ask questions or rewatch the lesson for clarity

These tools promote independent practice and long-term retention.

🚀 What’s Next?

The class concludes with a preview of the next module, which will focus on conjugations—an essential foundation for mastering verb forms across tenses.

🏁 Final Takeaways & Action Steps

Key Points to Remember:

Reported questions focus on meaning, not exact words
Verb tenses usually shift one step back
Questions become statements with normal word order
The past perfect is essential when reporting past questions

Maria Alejandra Liscano

Ana Garzon Muñoz

Maria Dolores Aguilar Guardado

Carlos Andres Osorio Diaz

Thais Esperanza Mamani Achahui

Róger Antonio Ordóñez Flores

Carlos Eduardo Céspedes Angulo

Cesar Eduardo Cordero Caicedo

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Nidia Emilse Montañez Arevalo

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Andres Felipe Ramos Torres

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Reporte de Preguntas en Pasado: Estructura y Ejemplos

Introduction

Prefijos y Adjetivos Compuestos en Inglés Intermedio

Prepositions

Diferencias entre "between" y "among" en inglés

Verbos Preposicionales y Frasales: Uso y Ejemplos Prácticos

Verbos Frasales: Identificación y Sinónimos Correctos

Future

Negar y Pedir Permiso en Futuro con "Will" y "Allowed"

Uso de "Will" y "Going to" en Voz Pasiva para Futuro

Uso de "Hope" para Expresar Futuras Aspiraciones

Uso de "Should" para Expresar Probabilidad en Futuro Próximo

Uso de Verbos Frasales y Preposicionales en Conversaciones

Questions

Coletillas Interrogativas en Inglés Intermedio

Uso de "Whether" e "If" en Preguntas de Sí/No