SAY OR TELL REP SPEECH. Reported speech Quiz. ¿NECESITO : 10 direct questions to indirect question. DIR IND QUESTIONS GOOD. Form and meaning If we do not begin a question directly, but begin it with something like Can you tell me...? Do you know...? I wonder if...? The word order is the same as in an affirmative statement. Ideas for teaching indirect questions How do you teach indirect questions? Rude: Tell me what time it is! Rude: Give me a pen! Rude: Move! So lesson is: 1) be rude, 2) what can we say to be polite (Could you..., I was wondering if...?) Getting students to transform real questions into indirect questions is very confusing for them - and artificial since the basic underlying sentence is a command, not a question. Share your idea If you have a good way of introducing or practising this grammar point, tell us about it here... Got a question? Try our grammar discussion forum for further help. Direct and indirect questions exercises, rules.
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