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f Read the inform ation about indirect 3 VIDE0 ROB GETS SERIOUS
questions. Then m ake questions 1 -5 more
indirect by using the beginnings given.

O Indirect questions
We often put Can / Could you tell me...?,
Do you know...?, I’d like to know...,
I wonder... before a question to make it
less direct. When we do this, the direct
question changes to an affirmative
sentence, i.e., the word order is subject
+ verb, and we don’t use do / did in the
present and the past.

Compare:
Why is Paul in your apartment?
Could you tell me why Paul is still in your
apartment?
Has he got one now?
Do you know if (or whether) he’s got one
now?
What do you really want?
I’d like to know what you really want.
Do you really want to be here?
I wonder if (or whether) you really want to
be here.
What did you decide at the last meeting?
Can you tell me what you decided at the a 5 26))) W atch or listen to
last meeting? R ob and Jenny. How do you
think Jenny will answ er R ob’s
final question?
1 Where's the station?
b W atch or listen again and com plete the sentences with 2 - 4 words.
Excuse me, can you tell me
1 Rob is trying to convince Jenny that h e ___________ .
2 Jenny says that she’s sure that Rob wants to ___________ .
2 What did he say?
3 Rob says that he loves h is____________.
I’d like to know 4 Jenny and Rob are going to visit___________ .
5 Rob promises not to forget___________ .
6 Rob asks Jenny to ___________ .
3 Does she like me?
c Look at the S o c ia l E n g lish p h ra se s. Can you rem em ber any o f
1 wonder
the m issing words?

Social English phrases
4 Is your brother coming tonight?
Jenny It’s _______ you want to go back.
D o you know Rob O f_______I miss London, but I love my life here.
Rob And I won’t forget the chocolates this time_______ .
Jenny Well, that’s a start, I_______.
5 What time does the store close?
Rob _______ if I proposed to you?
Jenny Rob,_______it. It’s embarrassing.
Could you tell me

d 5 27))) W atch or listen and com plete the phrases.
g Com m unication Asking politely for
inform ation A p.106 B p.109. e W atch or listen again and repeat the phrases. How do you say
them in your language?

^ Can you...?

make indirect questions, e.g., beginning with Can you tell me...?
J discuss a problem

Online Practice 93