Reported speech.
Hello.
Can you please help me with the following:
"What are your strengths?"
She asked what his strengths were.
"Are you good at listening to people? "
She asked if he was good at listening to people.

Why don't we put the verb WAS to the end of sentence like "she asked if he good at listening to people WAS"?

Thanks

Question

Reported speech.
Hello. 
Can you please help me with the following:
"What are your strengths?"
She asked what his strengths were. 
"Are you good at listening to people? "
She asked if he was good at listening to people.

Why don't we put the verb WAS to the end of sentence like "she asked if he good at listening to people WAS"?

Thanks

Answer

Easy peasy!

Mr Igor is right. We don't separate the subject and the main verb.
-In the first sentence, 'your strengths' functions as the subject; therefore, we put 'were' after it.
-In the second sentence, the same scenario happens with slight differences.

Hope it helps!

Answer

The part of the sentence "he was" cannot be separated because it's the past form of the verb to be as "he is"

Answer

The part of the sentence "he was" cannot be separated because it's the past form of the verb to be as "he is"

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