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Indirect questions
Hajnalka Hugyecz
20/04/2020
Why do we need indirect questions?
- a more polite way of asking a question
- in formal writings /letters / situations
- when we're talking /writing to people we don't know
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What is indirect question exactly?
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What time is it?
direct question
Can you tell me what time it is?
indirect question
Direct questions
What time is it?
- question asked directly from a friend or a person you know well
- question word order is used:
question word + (auxiliary) verb + subject + main verb
Indirect questions
Can you tell me what time it is?
- the information is asked indirectly from a person you don't know (well) or you respect
- 2 sentences in 1:
- Can you tell me ...? - question word order
- ... what time it is? - statement word order (subject + verb)
1st part of the indirect question
Part 1
- Can you tell me ...?
- Could you tell me ...?
- Do you know ...?
- Have you got any idea ...?
- Would you mind telling me ...?
- I was wondering ... .
- I would like to know ... .
- I also need to know ... .
- Please tell me ... .
- Please let me know ... .
- Please inform me ... .
- I should also like to ask ... .
2nd part of the indirect question
Part 2
Don't use question word order.
Steps:
- Step 1: Identify the question type (WH question or Yes/no question).
- Step 2: Identify the tense.
- Step 3: Use statement word order.
How to make an indirect question
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2 types of questions:
1. WH questions
Where did I leave my phone?
2. Yes/no questions
Do you provide meals to your workers?
Indirect WH questions
WH questions
Where did I leave my phone?
- direct question: in question word order
- tense: Simple Past
Have you got any idea where I left my phone?
- indirect question: the necessary information is in statement word order in Simple Past
- the question word (where) is used to link the clauses
Indirect Yes/no questions
Yes/no questions
Do you provide meals to your workers?
- direct question in question word order
- tense: Simple Present
Could you give me any information if you provide meals to your workers?
- indirect question the necessary information is in statement word order in Simple Present
- to start your indirect question use if or whether (more formal)
Practice tasks
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Task 1: https://learningapps.org/display?v=p3t51bnsn20
Task 2: https://redmenta.com/IndirectQs
Task 3: https://learningapps.org/display?v=pvknk413k20