HAND OUT № 77

Discipline: English as a foreign language Credits: 2

Intermediate level Practical lesson

Lexical theme: Leisure and entertainment

Grammar: Direct and indirect questions

Teacher: assistant professor Tolynbekova G.A.

GRAMMAR COMMENT

DIRECT/INDIRECT QUESTIONS

[1, p. 142 ]

· All of these sentences are correct. Why is there no does in the sentences b and c?

a) Where does she study?

b) I know where she studies.

c) Can you tell me where she studies?

Indirect questions have the same word order as the positive (there is no do/does/did).
Marat lives in Astana. – Do you know where Marat lives?
We often make direct questions into indirect to make them sound more polite.
Direct questions Where’s the cafe? Indirect question Could you tell me Do you know Do you happen to know Have you any idea Do you remember Would you mind telling me	where the cafe is?
If there is no question word, use if or whether. I don’t know if he’s coming or not. I wonder whether he’s going to celebrate his birthday.

· Complete the sentences.

Example: What did she do? - I can't remember what she did.
Do we have enough sugar? - I'll have a look if we have enough sugar.

1 Why did she cry? - I don't really know ____________________.

2 Does she speak Greek? - I will ask her____________________.

3 Where is Joe? - I have no idea _____________________.

4 I'd like to know what time ____________________. - The show starts at 8 o'clock.

5 Is he all right? - I do not know _____________________.