DO YOU KNOW........?

A Is Laura at home? What time is it? How old is Mark? Where is the supermarket? Does he work in the evenings? Do they live near here? B Do you know if Laura is at home? Can you tell me what time it is? Do you know how old Mark is? Could you tell me where the supermarket is? Do you know if he works in the evenings? Do you know if they live near here?

Read the sentences above... Do the pairs of questions have the same meaning? (e.g. Is Laura at home? and Do you know if Laura is at home?)

If you ask information to a stranger do you use the questions in column A or the questions in column B?

Are the question in column B more or less polite than the questions in column A?

Look at the sentences again... Do the pairs of questions have the same form?

If not... What's the difference?