Indirect
Qs?
There are two main ways of asking questions – directly and indirectly. Both have the same meaning but we use indirect questions when we want to be more polite or more formal.
Construction:
Polite phrase (Do you know… / Could you tell me… / I don’t know… etc ) + Sub + Verb (do, worked, has worked, didn’t know, doesn’t work, hasn’t done).
Use IF or Whether when there is no question word (when, how, why, etc…)
Examples:
Direct – Where has Tim gone?
Indirect – Do you know where Time has gone? (NOT Do you know where has Time gone?)
Direct: Who is he?
Indirect: I don’t know who he is. (NOT I don’t know who is he)
Direct: Did he like the idea?
Indirect: I don’t know IF he liked the idea
Direct questions– the “normal” questions that we can ask friends, family members, and people who we know well.
Indirect questions – are more formal and polite. We use them when talking to a person we don’t know very well, or in professional situations.
Do you mostly ask direct or indirect questions?
Are russian people mostly direct or indirect?
- Exercises
- Quizlet
- Test
- Song Lyrics
- Pronunciation
1 Make indirect questions
- (do /it / you / what time / know / is) ?
- (I wonder / is / how / old / Tom) ?
- (they / married / how long / been / have / know / do you) ?
- (tell / the station / you / could /me / is / where ) ?
- (in the accident / injured / anyone / if / know / was /do you) ?
- (do /what / tomorrow / know / time / will / arrive / you / you) ?
Shouldn't left you alone (no)
But baby listen to me, I can't help how I feel
There's an end of my love
Our love must be through
I think I'm losing it all, I don't want you to fall
So take my hand and tell me where you are
I need to know, I wonder where you are
I need to find the love I once had for you
I wonder where you are
Oh, yeah
I fear you are gone
Would like to see you again, say I never walk away
But I know it's too late (and I know it's too late)
Our love must be through
I think I'm losing it all, I don't want you to fall
So take my hand and tell me where you are
I need to know, I wonder where you are
I need to find the love I once had for you
I wonder where you are
Maybe I just wanna hold you
I need to find the love I once had for you
I wanna know where you are (I need to find the love)
I need to find the love I once had for you
I wonder where you are
I need to know, I wonder where you are
I need to find the love I once had for you
I wonder where you are
I wonder where you are
I need to know, I wonder where you are
I need to find the love I once had for you (I need your love)
I wonder where you are
Sing the following phrases
- I can't help how I fell
- It all
- I don't want you to fall
- I think I'm losing it all I don't want you to fall
- From it all