PREGUNTAS - SENTENCES

Is your name John?

  Una pregunta en el estilo indirecto que exige la respuesta "sí" o "no" debe llevar la palabra "IF" (si):

-       She asked him IF his name was John.

-       What is your name?

    She asked what his name was.

-       When did you see that film?

    She asked when he saw that film.

-       How much are the potatoes?

    They asked how much the potatoes were.

-       Where can we go?

    He asked when they could go.

Hay que fijar en la forma afirmativa de las frases en el estilo indirecto. De ninguna manera pueden ser en la forma interrogativa; no cometas en error de invertir el sujeto con el auxiliar como si de una pregunta se tratara o de incluir los auxiliares interrogativos: do, does, did:

She asked what was his name (...what his name was.)

She asked when he did see the film (...when he saw the film.)

Por último, consideremos estas frases en el imperativo:

-       Go away! (Vaya usted)

    She told him to go away (Le dijo que se fuese)

-       Sit down and be quiet!

    She told the children to sit down and be quiet.

Es común el uso de "told" en estas frases y observamos que el verbo aparece en su forma infinitiva: "...to go away"; "to sit down and be quiet".