Participles are incomplete verb forms. In order to function as real verbs, they should be used with auxiliary verbs.

There are two kinds of participles in English: the present participle and the past participle.

In reporting a question, the indirect speech is introduced by verbs such as asked, inquired etc.

When the question is not introduced by an interrogative word, the reporting verb is followed by if or whether.

Polar question
Any question which offers a choice between two possible answers. Another name for Yes-No question.

Person

The label person refers to the grammatical category which distinguishes participants in a conversation. English distinguishes three persons: first person, second person and third person.

Some relative clauses identify nouns. They tell us which noun or pronoun is meant. These kinds of clauses are called identifying, defining or restrictive relative clauses.

Some verbs are followed by two objects – one indirect object and one direct object. The indirect object usually refers to a person and comes first.

The following rules apply to almost all written questions.

Auxiliary verb before subject

In a question the auxiliary verb normally comes before the subject.