2. Basic Rule: When you
report a question, use
normal word order and not
question word order.

3. Wh-Question with
Auxiliary
Direct
Question
Reported
Question
Why
“How old are
you?”
She asked
me how old I
was.
I add the
object after
ask.
“Where will I
go to
school?”
I asked her
where I
would go to

4. Wh-Question with
do/does/did
Direct Reported Explanation
Why do you
want to be an
au pair.
She asked me
why I wanted to
be an au pair.
Remove
do/does/did
from the
reported
question.
How did you
hear about the
program?
She asked me
how I heard
about the
program.

5. Wh-Question about the
subject of the sentence.
Direct Reported Explanation
“Who taught
you to drive?”
She asked me
who taught me
to drive.
No change in
word order.
“What
happened?”
She asked me
what had
happened.