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Information and Indirect Questions - Coggle Diagram
Information and Indirect Questions
Are used when it is a polite and delicate way of asking or when the question is addressed to an unknown person.
Porpuse
To ask the question in a gentle way
Estructure
Introductory phrase + Question word + Subject + Complement
Features
Auxiliary verb is NOT used.
The order of the words is as if it were a normal sentence (affirmative)
How to change a direct question to indirect
What time is it?
We could use "Can you tell me"
Can you tell me what the time is?
Where is the bank?
We could use " Do you know"
Do you know where the bank is?
Examples
Could you tell me in what year was he born?-
I am interested in knowing what you did yesterday?
Indirect Questions