3vwo dinsdag

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Good morning everyone!

Content of today's lesson

- Short recap direct and indirect questions

- Exercise 1 to 6 on page.157 of your Life book  

- Checking Exercise(s)

direct and indirect questions 

There are two main ways of asking questions - directly and indirectly. Both have the same meaning but we use indirect questions when we want to be more polite, more formal or less confrontational.

Direct questions

These are general or normal questions that can be used to ask our family, friends or a close circle.  

Following are some examples of direct questions:

Why did you come?

When will you start the show?

Where is the supermarket?

Who is that person?

Where are you going?

Where is she?

Indirect questions

word order 

When we create indirect questions, the question (What time is it?) becomes part of a longer sentence or questions (Do you know.?) and the word order changes from the order of a direct question. For example: 

Direct: What time is it?

Indirect: Do you know what time it is?

Direct: Why was he late?

Indirect: Can you tell me why he was late?

Direct: What is that?

Indirect: Would you mind telling me what that is?

Using do (indirect questions)

When there is no auxiliary verb (be, do have, can, will etc) in a sentence, we need to put in do, does or did when we create a direct question. When we make this into an indirect question however, we don't use the verb 'do'. For example: 

Direct: When does the lesson end?

Indirect: Could you tell me when the lesson ends?

Direct: What car does she drive?

Indirect: Can you tell me what car she drives?

Using if or whether (indirect)

If there is no question word (who, what, when, why, how) in a direct question, we need to use if or whether in the indirect question. For example: 

Direct: Did she make it on time? 

Indirect: Can you tell me if she made it on time? 

or

Can you tell me whether she made it on time?

Direct: Is this the right bus for Oxford Street?

Indirect: Do you have any idea if this is the right bus for Oxford Street?

Up to you!

Do exercise 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 (page.157) on your own.

If you have a question raise your hand and I will come and help you.

If you are not finished at the end of the lesson, the remaining exercises will be homework for the next lesson, so use your time wisely!

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