Direct VS Indirect Questions

Direct VS Indirect Questions

INTRODUCTORY PHRASES

• Can you tell me ..... ?

• Could you tell me .....?

• Can I ask you ...... ?

• Do you me asking .........?

• Would you mind telling me ......?

Multiple Choice

Where is the bathroom?

Do you know...

• Do you know where is the bathroom?

• Do you know where the bathroom is?

Multiple Choice

What do you want?

Can you tell me...

• Can you tell me what you want?

• Can you tell me what do you want?

Multiple Choice

Why was he late?

Can you tell me...

• Can you tell me why was he late?

• Can you tell me why he was late?

Multiple Choice

Why did they arrive so late?

• Can you tell me if why they arrive so late?

• Can you tell me why they arrived so late?

• Can you tell me why did they arrive so late?

• Can you tell me if why did they arrive so late?

Multiple Choice

Where did she meet her brother?

• Do you know where she met her brother ?

• Do you know where she meet her brother ?

• Do you know where did she met her brother ?

Multiple Choice

What type of car have you got?

• I wonder what type of car have you got.

• Would you mind telling me if you have got a car?

• Can you tell me what type of car you have got?

Multiple Choice

Where were the boxes?

• Can you remember where the boxes were?

• Can you remember where were the boxes?

Multiple Choice

Organize the following :

Amanda / why / called / John / yesterday / me / you / can / tell

• You can tell me why Amanda called John yesterday?

• Can you tell me why Amanda called John yesterday?

• Can you tell me yesterday why Amanda called John ?

INDIRECT QUESTIONS

• When do we use indirect questions?- When we want to sound more polite.

• What makes indirect questions different? -They have introductory phrase

• Their form is SUBJECT + VERB, and no auxiliaries.

• DIRECT: Where do you live? What time is it?

• INDIRECT: Can you tell me where you live? Do you know what time it is?