EXAMPLE
[Tell X to ask me if I drink coffee]
Stephen: X, tell Y to ask me if I drink coffee.
X: Y, ask Stephen if he drinks coffee.
Y: Stephen, Do you drink coffee?
Stephen: Z, What does Y want to know?
Z: Y wants to know if you drink coffee.
Stephen: W, what did Z say?
W: Z said Y wants to know if you drink coffee.
Stephen: Z, why does Y want to know if I drink coffee?
Z: Because X told Y to ask you (because X wants to know if you do)
Stephen: Y, you asked me if I drank coffee, didn´t you? / Z, Y asked me if I own a cafe, didn´t she?
Y:Yes I did. Z: No, she didn´t
Stephen: Y/Z, What did she ask me?
Y/Z: she asked if you drank coffee.
Stephen: Z, Y, W, X, do you think I drink coffee?
Y: Yes, I think you do.
Stephen: I do drink coffee.
covered: present, past in reported speech, imperative, indicative, interrogative, dependent if clauses, putting clauses together without ¨that¨
Ask me If I watch a lot of TV. Ask me why or why not.
Ask me if I like to ski. Ask me where.
Ask me if my job is fun. Ask me why or why not.
Ask me if I like to play video games. Ask me with whom.
Ask me if I need to buy a new shirt. Ask me why or why not.
Ask me if my family lives close by. Ask me how close or how far?
Ask me if I go to work on the weekends. Ask me how I get there.
Ask me if the postal system works well in America. Ask me how well.
Ask me if fish can live longer than 30 seconds out of the water. Ask me how much longer, or how long.
Ask me if I've seen my neighbor this week. Ask me if my boss has been out of the office all week? Ask me if the election in America has happened yet. Ask me if all the kiwis that were in the refrigerator have been eaten. Ask me if the mail has come today.
Ask me if I am flying out of Madrid tomorrow. Ask me if I´m available tomorrow at 11am. Ask me if King Juan Carlos is coming to the city today. Ask me if the caserole is cooking in the oven?
Ask me if I've been traveling a lot in the last 10 years. Ask me if my cat has been vomiting every morning.
Ask me if I visited my grandmother last week. Ask me if the mailman came this morning. Ask me if the president spoke to reporters today
Ask me if I was having lunch when you called.
Ask me if I would like to go hiking in Cercedilla. Ask me if I would jump into a frozen lake naked. Ask me if I would skydive.
Ask me if I could run 100 km without stopping. Ask me If I could
VAUGHN METHOD WITH WWWWW CONSTELLATION INFO AND IN GROUPS (Vary with the above verb tenses):
Me: X, Ask Y if she knows the most mportant person to Z.
X: Y, do you know the most important person to Z?
Me: W, What did X ask Y?
W: X asked Y if she knew the most important to Z.
Me: Answer, Y
Y: No I don´t know the most imporant person to Z.
Me: X, what did Y say?
X: She said she doesnt know Z´s most important person.
Me: X, Do YOU know Z´s most imprtant person?
X: No i don´t know.
Me: Y, what did I ask X and what did X respond?
Y: you asked X if he knew Z´s most important person, and he said he didn´t.
Me: W, do you know who Z´s most important person is?
W: No, I don´t know.
Me: Z who is your most important person?
Z: My brother is my most improtant person.
Me: W, who is Z´s most important person?
Me: Repeat that, X. Repeat that, Y.
Me: Y, ask X why Z´s brother is her most important person?
Y: X, why is Z´s brother her most imporant person?
Me: W, what does Y want? (Y wants to X to tell her why Z´s brother is the most imporant person)
W: Y wants X to tell her why Z´s brother is her most important person.
Me: Answer X.
X: I don´t know why Z´s brother is her most important person
Me: Y, what did X say?
Y: X said she doesn´t know why...
Me: Y, do YOU know why?
Y: No, I don´t.
Me: W, what did I ask Y and what did she respond?
W: You asked her if she knew and she said she didn´t.
Me: W, do YOU know why?
W: No, I don´t.
Me: Z, why is your brother yu most important person?
Z: My brother is the most important person because....
Me: X, what did Z tell me? Repeat, Y. Repeat, W.