Looking at language: indirect questions

a)

direct questions	indirect questions
Are these Wampanoag houses the village of Patuxet?	I asked one guide whether the Wampanoag houses were the village of Patuxet.
Why did this family live next to the English colonists?	So I asked her why this family had lived next to the English colonists.
Did the English invite this Wampanoag family to the First Thanksgiving?	I wanted to know if the English had invited those Wampanoag to the First Thanksgiving.

Indirect question = when the reporting verbs is in the past, also indirect questions need a time shift.

Yes- No questions = indirect questions need if or whether

Indirect questions keep the question word.

Indirect questions are statements (no question mark and S-V-O)

b)

1. Go back to the visitor centre. = She told me to go back to the visitor centre.

2. Don’t miss the movie. = She told me not to miss the movie.

Imperatives in direct speech are turned into “to-infinitives” in indirect speech.

If it’s a negative statement, you have to add a “not” in front of the to-infinitive.