In a reported question, if the verb in direct speech is in the simple present ("is"), it changes to the simple past ("was").
В косвенном вопросе, если глагол в прямой речи стоит в настоящем простом времени («is»), то он изменяется на прошедшее простое время («was»).
| Question | She asked me: “How busy is the manager?”. |
|---|---|
| Title | 2844 |
| QType (0=kprim,1=mc,2=sc) | 2 |
| Q_1 | She asked me how busy the manager was. |
| Q_2 | She asked me how busy was the manager. |
| Q_3 | She asked me how busy the manager had been. |
| Answers | 1 0 0 |
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