indirect questions

​Making indirect questions from wh words or quantity words

Multiple Choice

An Indirect question is...

• A normal question we ask to people we know.

• Yes or no questions, straight to the point.

• A more formal and polite type of question.

• A formal question to be use during meetings.

Multiple Select

We should use indirect questions when speaking with

• Family

• Friends

• Customers

• People we don't know that well

Multiple Choice

The direct form of: "Can you tell me when the restaurant is closing?" is....

• When is the restaurant closing?

• So, it's closed now?

• The restaurant is no longer open

• What's the restaurant schedule?

Multiple Choice

How much does this equipment cost?

• I would like to know how much this equipment cost.

• Could you tell me how much this equipment costs?

• I wonder if how much this equipment costs.

• Can you tell me how much does this equipment costs?

Open Ended

Change the direct questions into indirect questions. Write the complete question in the answer box.

DQ: "Where are the toilets?"

IQ: Could you tell me _______________________?

Multiple Select

For indirect question, we replace who, what, where with

• Or

• If

• whether

• Huh?