indirect questions

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Indirect questions

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Teacher Lilly Chávez. UMSNH

My food does not serve itself, Karen!!!

INDIRECT QUESTIONS:

• They're a more polite way to ask for information or make requests.
• We often use them to ask something to people we do not know well, to ask for favors or when we want to avoid sounding demanding or too direct.

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INDIRECT QUESTIONS

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We start an indirect question in this way:

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Can/Could you tell me…? Do you know…? Would you mind…? Do you have any idea…? Would it be possible…?

Formation

Indirect question + direct question (statement)

DIRECT QUESTION: Where IS John? INDIRECT QUESTION: Can you tell me where John is? NOT: Can you tell me where is John? Can/Could you tell me…? Do you know…? Would you mind…? Do you have any idea…? Would it be possible…? I'd like to know

direct question ( statement)

where John is? (we change the order, like a statement)

Can you tell me

More examples..

INFORMATION QUESTIONS

Direct question:

What has the cat eaten?

What is it doing?

Meow

Indirect question:

Meow

Do you know WHAT the cat has eaten (statement)? Can you tell me what it is doing?

YES/NO QUESTIONS

We add: IF/ WHETHER fOR EXAMPLE:

DIRECT QUESTION: Are you coming to the party? (yes/no question) INDIRECT QUESTION: Could you tell me IF/WHETHER you are coming to the party? I'd like to know IF/WHETHER you are coming to the party.

DIRECT VS INDIRECT QUESTIONS

+ info

Let's practice. Drag the words to make indirect questions:

of fashion?

your appearance

you

care

about your image?

the last thing you bought

are

affects

was?

your life.

aware

you

you wear

to go out at night?

say

about you?

your clothes

Write the indirect questions:

Karen, give me some love

Complete these indirect questions, then ask your partner. Exercise 2, page 15. a Where is the cheapest clothing store in town? Do you know …? b Are cheap clothes good value for money? Do you think …? c Where is the best place to buy jeans? Where do you think …? d Have you ever sewn a button on a shirt? I’d like to know … e How much money would you spend on a leather jacket? Do you mind telling me …? f How many pairs of sneakers do you have? Could you tell me …? g Do clothes and fashion matter to you? Would you say …?

THANKS

Let's practice a litle bit more!