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Do you know what indirect questions are? The previous sentence is a good example. This type of question is a question embedded in a sentence or another question. Answer these indirect question worksheets to check your understanding of the topic.
Indirect questions are questions reported to other people instead of using the exact words for directly asking. For example, instead of asking “What’s wrong?”, an indirect question goes, “He asked me what was wrong.”
Indirect questions are also more polite ways to ask for more information. For example, instead of saying “Where is the Johnson Building?”, you can say, “Do you know where the Johnson Building is?”
Here are more examples of direct questions and their corresponding indirect questions:
I hope this guide has clarified the meaning and examples of indirect questions. Remember that indirect questions can be in the form of declarative or interrogative sentences. They’re basically a question with expressions. Answer the three worksheets and check your answers using the answer sheets.
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