Question

Paul: "When does the train arrive?" Paul asked when did the train arrive. Paul asked when the train did arrive. When we report a question (Paul: "When does the train arrive?"), we change the word order of the question – we turn it into the statement. In other words, there is no inversion of the subject and auxiliary in the reported clause (the word order is the same as in the statement).Speech reports consist of two parts: the reporting clause and the reported clause. When we report Wh- questions we repeat the original question word - in the test sentence it is ‘When…’, but we don’t use a question mark. We make the same changes in tense, pronouns and time and place words as for reported statements. If the reporting clause is in the simple past, we usually need to change the tenses in the reported clause: Monica asked: “When does George arrive in London?” → (1. the reporting clause) Monica asked: (2. the reported clause) when George arrived in London. Due to the rules, the present simple tense usually turns into the past simple tense in reported speech.In all the test variants the reporting clause is in the past: ‘Paul asked…’, therefore, we need to change the present simple into the past simple tense in the reported clause: ‘does… arrive’ (Wh-question) →‘arrived’ (statement word order). Thus, we are to choose ANSWER 1.We should add that it is not always necessary to change the tense. If something is still true now – the train is still to arrive – we can use the present simple (train time-table) in the reported sentence. But in the test the variant ‘Monica asks/asked when the train arrives.’ is not given.

Accepted Answer

Paul asked when the train arrived. Paul asked when had the train arrived. a

Question	Paul: "When does the train arrive?"
A	Paul asked when the train arrived.
B	Paul asked when did the train arrive.
C	Paul asked when had the train arrived.
D	Paul asked when the train did arrive.
Answer	a
Remark	When we report a question (Paul: "When does the train arrive?"), we change the word order of the question – we turn it into the statement. In other words, there is no inversion of the subject and auxiliary in the reported clause (the word order is the same as in the statement).Speech reports consist of two parts: the reporting clause and the reported clause. When we report Wh- questions we repeat the original question word - in the test sentence it is ‘When…’, but we don’t use a question mark. We make the same changes in tense, pronouns and time and place words as for reported statements. If the reporting clause is in the simple past, we usually need to change the tenses in the reported clause: Monica asked: “When does George arrive in London?” → (1. the reporting clause) Monica asked: (2. the reported clause) when George arrived in London. Due to the rules, the present simple tense usually turns into the past simple tense in reported speech.In all the test variants the reporting clause is in the past: ‘Paul asked…’, therefore, we need to change the present simple into the past simple tense in the reported clause: ‘does… arrive’ (Wh-question) →‘arrived’ (statement word order). Thus, we are to choose ANSWER 1.We should add that it is not always necessary to change the tense. If something is still true now – the train is still to arrive – we can use the present simple (train time-table) in the reported sentence. But in the test the variant ‘Monica asks/asked when the train arrives.’ is not given.

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