Direct and indirect questions

Direct questions
• Direct questions are the “normal”
questions that we can ask friends, family
members, and people who we know well. 
• Example of a direct question:
“Where is the bathroom?”
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YES/NO QUESTION WH- QUESTION
 Indirect questions
• Indirect questions are a little more formal
and polite. We use them when talking to a
person we don’t know very well, or in
professional situations, and their form,
STRUCTURE is a little different.
• Example of an indirect question:
“Could you tell me where the bathroom
is?”
 INTERROGATIVE PHRASE

• Can you tell me

• Could you tell me…
• Do you know…
• Do you have any idea…
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PHRASE TRANSFORM
CHANGE
CONVERT

• Can you tell me

• Could you tell me… AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE
• Do you know… STRUCTURE

• Do you have any idea…

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 Examples
• Direct: Where is Balmaceda Street?

• Indirect: 
• Could you tell me where Balmaceda Street is?
 Examples
• Direct: Why did you move to Chile?

• Indirect: 
• Could you tell me why you moved to
Europe?
 Examples
• Direct What time does the bank open?

• Indirect:
• Do you know what time the bank opens?
 Examples
• Direct: How much does the iphone 7
cost?

• Indirect: 
• Do you know how much the iPhone
7costs?
WHERE ARE YOU STUDYING
ENGLISH THIS CYCLE?

• Can you tell me WHERE you are stuying

English this cycle?
 When does your sister do her
routine of exercises?

• Do you know WHEN your sister does her

routine of exercises?
 Why did the teacher send us a
lot of homework?

• Can you tell me WHY the teacher SENT

us a lot of homework?
 Rewrite the sentences without
changing the meaning
1. Where is the nearest bank?

2. Why is that little baby crying?

3. How many cars does she have?

4. What does she want?

5. When was Donald trump born?

 Rewrite the sentences without
changing the meaning
A. How much is that black car?

B. Which cellphone does your sister prefer?

C. What time is the Halloween party going to

be?

D. Who is Lenin Moreno?

E. Why are you laughing?