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Indirect Question, Infographic.

Indirect questions are more formal and polite than direct questions. They involve using introductory phrases like "Do you know..." or "Could you tell me..." followed by a direct question with any forms of the verb "to be" moved before the subject. For example, the direct question "Where is the restaurant?" would become the indirect question "Could you tell me where the restaurant is?". When joining an introductory question with a direct question containing the verb "to do", the word "do" is dropped.

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Indirect Question, Infographic.

Indirect questions are more formal and polite than direct questions. They involve using introductory phrases like "Do you know..." or "Could you tell me..." followed by a direct question with any forms of the verb "to be" moved before the subject. For example, the direct question "Where is the restaurant?" would become the indirect question "Could you tell me where the restaurant is?". When joining an introductory question with a direct question containing the verb "to do", the word "do" is dropped.

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INDIRECT

QUESTIONS.
Indirect questions are a little more formal and polite. We use them when talking
to a person we don't know very well or in professional situations, and their
form is a little different.

To ask an indirect question, we must take


into account the following questions:
DO YOU KNOW...?
CAN YOU TELL ME...?
COULD YOU TELL ME...?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA...?
WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME...?
I´D LIKE TO KNOW...?
I´D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR...?
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE…?
IS THERE ANY CHANCE…?

After, We have to function these questions


with some direct questions such as:
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
WHO IS HE?
WHAT TIME IS IT?
WHERE IS THE RESTAURANT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHERE IS THE MALL?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHERE DOES SHE LIVE?

The next thing we have to do is look at and identify the subjects and
the verb to Be that are in the direct questions. there are sentences
that carry the verb do in this case when we join the questions, the
verb do is eliminated. for example:
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHERE IS THE MALL?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHERE DOES SHE LIVE?

Finally, we can put together the questions shown. we can guide


ourselves using this structure:
question 1 + /if/wheter/ + question 2?

COULD YOU TELL ME + WHERE IS THE RESTAURANT?


But for the question to be correct, we have to
move the subject with the verb to be.

COULD YOU TELL ME + WHERE THE


RESTAURANT IS?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA + WHERE THE
MALL IS?

in indirect questions with the verb do, when joining the


questions, the verb do is eliminated. for example:

DO YOU KNOW + WHERE DOES SHE LIVE?


DO YOU KNOW+WHERE SHE LIVE?

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