Thursday, March 10, 2011

Whether and If

Mark asked
, “

Do
you
have
a fever
?”



if
Remove “do” because it is a change from a QUESTION
to a STATEMENT
Change PRONOUN
Change to PAST TENSE
because of “asked  is in PAST TENSE and “do/ does/is/ are/am” is used.



Mark asked



I
had
a fever
. 
C









Mark asked


do
I
have
a fever
.
W
Mark
asked


did
I
had
a fever
.
W


Mark asked
, “

Do
you
eat
sushi
?”





PAST TENSE



Mark
asked
, “

Does
she
jog

?”





PAST TENSE



Mark
asked
, “

Is
she

a teacher
?”





PAST TENSE



Mark
asked
, “

Are
they

 busy
?”





PAST TENSE



Mark
asked
, “

Is
she
cooking

?”





PAST TENSE



Mark
asked
, “

Are
they
playing

?”





PAST TENSE





Mum asked Jenny
, “

Did
you
have
lunch
?”




Remove “did” because it is a change from a QUESTION to a STATEMENT.
Change PRONOUN
Change to PAST PERFECT TENSE
because of “asked” is in PAST TENSE
and “did/ was/ were”is used.








had + verb
(en)



Mum asked Jenny

If

she
had had
lunch
.
C









Mum asked Jenny

If
did
she
have
lunch
.
W
Mum asked Jenny

If

she
did have
lunch
.
W
Mum
asked Jenny

if

she
had
lunch.
.
W


Mum asked Jenny
, “

Did
you
eat
sushi
?”





PAST PREFECT
TENSE



Mum asked Jenny
, “

Did
she
jog

?”





PAST PREFECT
TENSE



Mark
asked
, “

Was
she

a teacher
?”





PAST PREFECT
TENSE



Mark
Asked
, “

Were
they

 busy
?”





PAST PREFECT
TENSE



Mark
asked
, “

Was
she
cooking

?”





PAST PREFECT
TENSE



Mark
asked
, “

Were
they
playing

?”





PAST PREFECT
TENSE



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