This police officer stopped us and asked us where ___ . ?
Explanation
ā§§) reported speech (āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋ)
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§āϧāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻā§ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āύāĻž āϰā§āĻā§ āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ, āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ reported speech āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻšāϤā§:
âWhere are we going?â
āĻāĻāĻŋ present continuous tenseâāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ past timeâāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋ reported speechâāĻ āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
⧍) Tense backshift (āĻāĻžāϞ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϤāϰ)
āϝāĻāύ āĻŽā§āϞ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ past tenseâāĻ, āϤāĻāύ reported speechâāĻ āϤense backshift āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§:
present continuous â past continuous
āĻāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠âare goingâ (present continuous) backshift āĻšā§ā§ âwere goingâ (past continuous) āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
ā§Š) word order (āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ)
reported questionâāĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ âdo/does/didâ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ subjectâverb inversion āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋ:
He asked us where we were going.
āύāĻž: He asked us where were we going.
āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠âwhere we were goingâ āĻšāĻŦā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĨ¤
ā§Ē) āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻ āĻĒāĻļāύāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ
- âare we goingâ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻāĻž āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦā§āϧāĻ (inverted) present continuous āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§, reported speechâāĻ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āύā§āĨ¤
- âwe are goingâ backshift āĻšā§āύāĻŋ, āϤā§āĻŽāύāĻŋ present continuousâāĻāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ reported speechâāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ backshiftāĨ¤
- âwere we goingâ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻā§āϞ⧠word order āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§, āϝāĻž reported speechâāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āύā§āĨ¤
āϏāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻ āĻāĻžāϞāĻāϤ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāύāĻž āĻ āύā§āϏāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖā§ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļāĻāĻŋ āĻšāϞ âwe were goingâāĨ¤
Summary: āĻĒā§āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻāϰā§āϤāĻž past tenseâāĻ reported question āĻāϰā§āĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻ present continuous âare goingâ backshift āĻāϰ⧠âwe were goingâ āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ inversion (were we) āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻā§āϰāĻŽā§ āϞāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
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