indirect questions

Teacher Lilly Chávez.UMSNH

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I'm ready, Karen!!!

Indirect questions

PRESENTATION

• 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.

My food does not serve itself, Karen!!!

INDIRECT QUESTIONS:

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

We start an indirect question in this way:

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INDIRECT QUESTIONS

Can you tell me

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

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

Indirect question + direct question (statement)

Formation

What is it doing?

INFORMATION QUESTIONS

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

What has the cat eaten?

Indirect question:

Meow

Meow

Direct question:

More examples..

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.

We add: IF/ WHETHERfOR EXAMPLE:

YES/NO QUESTIONS

DIRECT VS INDIRECT QUESTIONS

+ info

was?

the last thing you bought

your life.

affects

your appearance

about your image?

care

about you?

say

your clothes

to go out at night?

you wear

you

of fashion?

aware

are

you

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

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 …?

Write the indirect questions:

Karen, give me some love

THANKS

Let's practice a litle bit more!