B2 Point 57 in the category of past and perfect simple is defined as:
REPORTS OF QUESTIONS where the main verb in the reporting clause is in the past simple.
*However, only by investigating the rest of the EGP do we discover that there is an B1 point that clashes here for yes-no questions in reported speech.
A search in iWeb for:
_vvd * ask ***** had _vvn
1 BEGAN TO ASK HIM HOW HE HAD RECEIVED 4
Patheos2 BEGAN TO ASK ME HOW I HAD COME 3
1 FORGOT TO ASK WHAT THEY HAD USED 2
2 WANTED TO ASK HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED 2
3 ATTEMPTED TO ASK IF HE HAD TAKEN 2
4 WANTED TO ASK IF ANYONE HAD TRIED 2
asked * * * had _vvn
1 ASKED HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED 95
2 ASKED IF HE HAD SEEN 78
3 ASKED HER WHAT HAD HAPPENED 51
4 ASKED ME WHAT HAD HAPPENED 50
5 ASKED IF I HAD HEARD 45
6 ASKED IF I HAD SEEN 45
7 ASKED IF HE HAD HEARD 38
8 ASKED IF THEY HAD SEEN 35
9 ASKED IF SHE HAD SEEN 30
10 ASKED IF THEY HAD HEARD 29
ASKED IF HE HAD CONSIDERED
Newsbug.info12 ASKED IF HE HAD SPOKEN 27
13 ASKED IF I HAD TAKEN 25
14 ASKED IF HE HAD READ 21
15 ASKED IF I HAD TRIED 21
16 ASKED WHAT HE HAD LEARNED 21
17 ASKED IF THEY HAD EXPERIENCED 20
18 ASKED WHY HE HAD CHOSEN 20
19 ASKED IF WE HAD SEEN 18
20 ASKED WHY IT HAD TAKEN 18
1 ASKED ME IF I HAD SEEN 67
2 ASKED HIM IF HE HAD SEEN 60
3 ASKED ME IF I HAD HEARD 48
4 ASKED HER IF SHE HAD SEEN 31
5 ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD SEEN 30
6 ASKED HIM IF HE HAD HEARD 27
7 ASKED HIM IF HE HAD READ 24
8 ASKED ME IF I HAD TRIED 23
9 ASKED HER IF SHE HAD HEARD 16
10 ASKED ME IF I HAD GOTTEN 16
11 ASKED ME IF I HAD READ 16
12 ASKED ME IF I HAD NOTICED 13
13 ASKED ME IF I HAD THOUGHT 12
14 ASKED HIM IF HE HAD MADE 11
15 ASKED HIM IF HE HAD TAKEN 11
16 ASKED ME IF I HAD CHANGED 11
17 ASKED ME IF I HAD TAKEN 11
18 ASKED HIM IF HE HAD RECEIVED 10
19 ASKED HER WHAT SHE HAD SEEN 9
20 ASKED HIM HOW HE HAD RECEIVED 9
B1 vocabulary:
considered, experienced, noticed