Indirect questions

Indirect questions

Indirect questions. Grammar rule.

• “ When did Jack come back from France?” asked Tom.
• Tom asked when Jack had come back from France.

• “ Do you like the country?” asked Tom
• Tom asked if/whether I liked the country.

Make questions and ask your friend. One questions for each category.

• Family
• School
• Free time
• Travelling
• Friends

Examples.

Student 2.

Student 1.

• Yes, I will.

• No, I haven’t.

• He did judo.

• I want to visit New Zealand.

• We have been hanging out for two hours.

• “ Will you go to the cinema with your family tomorrow?”
• “ Have you ever cheated on the exams?”
• “ What sport did your brother do in his free time?”
• “ What country do you want to visit?”
• “ How long have we been hanging out with our friends?”

Tell what questions your friends have just asked you. Examples.

Student 2

Student 1.

• He asked if I would go to the cinema with my family the following day.
• He asked if I had ever cheated on the exams.
• He asked what sport my brother had done in his free time.
• He asked what country I wanted to visit.
• He asked how long we had been hanging out with our friends.

• “ Will you go to the cinema with your family tomorrow?”
• “ Have you ever cheated on the exams?”
• “ What sport did your brother do in his free time?”
• “ What country do you want to visit?”
• “ How long have you been hanging out with your friends?”

Interview with a celebrity.

• Where do you live?
• Do you have a driving license?
• Do you like driving a car?
• Do you have children?
• Where have you worked before acting?
• What exams have you passed?
• Why did you give up singing?
• What will be your next role in the movie?
• Can you tell us the name of the film?

Interview with a celebrity.

• He asked where she lives.
• He asked if she has a driving license.
• He asked if she likes driving a car.
• He asked if she has children.
• He asked where she had worked before acting.
• He asked what exams she had passed.
• He asked why she had given up singing.
• He asked what her next role would b in the movie.
• He asked if she could tell the name of the film?

Polite request.

• Can you me…
• Could you tell me…
• I wander if…
• I was wondering if…
• Do you know…
• Do / would you mind…
• Would it be possible if…
• I would be grateful if you could…

Make a polite request.

Possible answers

• Can you call me a taxi?
• Would you mind collecting my shirt from the laundry?
• I wander if you signed the card.
• I was wandering if he could meet us at the train station tomorrow.
• It would be grateful if you could send me more information about the course.
• Do you know where he lives?
• Would it be possible if we start dancing lesson right now.

• Call a taxi
• Collect a shirt from the laundry
• Sign the car
• Meet at the train station
• End more information about the course
• Where does he live?
• Start dancing lesson right now

Reporting verbs.

• Promise
• Agree
• Refuse
• Threaten
• Invite
• Warn
• Persuade
• Explain
• Announce
• Instruct
• Declare
• Point out

• Deny
• Accuse of
• Remind
• Decide
• Admit to
• Advice
• Apologize for
• Doubt
• Suggest
• Offer
• Claim

Make a polite request.

Possible answers

• Can you call me a taxi?
• Would you mind collecting my shirt from the laundry?
• I wander if you signed the card.
• I was wandering if he could meet us at the train station tomorrow.
• It would be grateful if you could send me more information about the course.
• Do you know where he lives?
• Would it be possible if we start dancing lesson right now.

• Call a taxi
• Collect a shirt from the laundry
• Sign the car
• Meet at the train station
• End more information about the course
• Where does he live?
• Start dancing lesson right now

Continue the sentences.

• “ I will help you to start you own business.”
• He promised to help me to start my own business.
• “ You should rest at least for a week.”
• The doctor advised me to rest at least for a week.
• “ Sorry. I can’t come to your birthday party”.
• She apologized for not coming to her birthday party.
• I didn’t tell anyone the secret.
• She denied telling anyone the secret.
• “ Don’t forget to switch off the iron.”
• He reminded her to switch off the iron.

Invite admit warn announce suggest

• “ Do you come to our housewarming party?”
• They invited us to their housewarming party.
• “ Stay away from the working machine. It’s dangerous.”
• He warned us to stay away from the working machine.
• “ If you have a stomachache it’s better not to eat spicy food and drink fizzy drinks.”
• He suggested not eating spicy food and drinking fizzy drinks if I had a stomachache.
• “ I resign the position of managing director.”
• He announced that he resigned the position of managing director.
• “ I witnessed the robbery yesterday.”
• She admitted to witnessing the robbery yesterday.

Paraphrase the sentences using the words. threaten refuse offer doubt accuse

• “ If I were you I would travel around the world.”
• He offered me to travel around the world.
• “ You have stolen the car.”
• The judge accused him of stealing the car.
• “ The jury are not sure that he is guilty.”
• The jury doubted that he was guilty.
• “ I won’t send him to prison. He is innocent.”
• He refused to send him to prison because he was innocent.
• “ Get away from here or I will call the police.”
• He threatened to call the police.