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Direct And Indirect Questions

June 28, 2024 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. Where ……………………?

Correct! Wrong!

The direct questions have the same order: Question word + auxiliary verb + subject.

2. Do you know where ………………………?

Correct! Wrong!

Indirect questions are part of another sentence. In indirect questions, the auxiliary verb goes after the subject.

3. I don’t know who ………………………

Correct! Wrong!

4. How much ……………………….. cost?

Correct! Wrong!

5. I have no idea how much …………………… cost.

Correct! Wrong!

6. What time ……………………………….?

Correct! Wrong!

7. Do you know what time …………………………….?

Correct! Wrong!

8. What ………………………………?

Correct! Wrong!

9. Please explain what ………………………..

Correct! Wrong!

10. I wonder why …………………………. early today.

Correct! Wrong!

11. The teacher asked me what …………………………. writing in my book.

Correct! Wrong!

12. I want to know how …………………………… this problem.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

  1. Where is Sam?
  2. Do you know where Sam is?
  3. I don’t know who they are.
  4. How much will it cost?
  5. I have no idea how much it will cost.
  6. What time does the show start?
  7. Do you know what time the show starts?
  8. What do you mean?
  9. Please explain what you meant.
  10. I wonder why he left early today.
  11. The teacher asked me what I was writing in my book.
  12. I want to know how we will solve this problem.
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