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Indirect questions

Syllabus topic 34: Indirect questions

Indirect questions. Indirect questions use statement order after an introductory phrase: Could you tell me where she lives? Yes/no questions use if/whether.

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Indirect questions use statement order after an introductory phrase: Could you tell me where she lives? Yes/no questions use if/whether. Remove do/does/did when they only served question inversion, but keep necessary tense or negative auxiliaries.

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Notice how each form fits its sentence. Read the context before choosing a form.

  • Do you know where she lives?
  • Could you tell me where the station is?
  • I wonder whether he's coming.
  • Do you know what time it is?
  • She asked why I had left.

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