Question

Make indirect questions
1. Do you have a day off today? – I wonder
2. Did they have a lot of sheep on the farm? – No matter
3. Why will she have a little get-together? – Ask him
4. Who had a buffet meal in a French restaurant? – They are asking
5. Will he have a business suit on? – I don’t know
6. Where did they have a good time? – He would like to know
7. Did you have a pain in your left side? – He wonders
8. Does he have a weak will? – She is asking
9. How many friends will he have? – I don’t care
10. What trees do you have in the garden? – Ask her
11. Did this actor have a rich imagination? – No matter
12. What will she have for lunch? – Can you tell me

Answer 1

An indirect question is a question that is reported or expressed in a more polite or indirect way. It can be used to show interest in what someone else knows or thinks. In order to form an indirect question, we often use phrases or verbs like "I wonder," "can you tell me," "ask him/her," "do you know," or "he/she wonders."

Here are some examples of how to turn direct questions into indirect questions:

1. Direct: Do you have a day off today?

  Indirect: I wonder if you have a day off today.

2. Direct: Did they have a lot of sheep on the farm?

  Indirect: It doesn't matter whether they had a lot of sheep on the farm or not.

3. Direct: Why will she have a little get-together?

  Indirect: Can you ask him why she will have a little get-together?

4. Direct: Who had a buffet meal in a French restaurant?

  Indirect: They are asking who had a buffet meal in a French restaurant.

5. Direct: Will he have a business suit on?

  Indirect: I don't know if he will have a business suit on.

6. Direct: Where did they have a good time?

  Indirect: He would like to know where they had a good time.

7. Direct: Did you have a pain in your left side?

  Indirect: He wonders if you had a pain in your left side.

8. Direct: Does he have a weak will?

  Indirect: She is asking whether he has a weak will or not.

9. Direct: How many friends will he have?

  Indirect: I don't care how many friends he will have.

10. Direct: What trees do you have in the garden?

    Indirect: Can you ask her what kind of trees she has in the garden?

11. Direct: Did this actor have a rich imagination?

    Indirect: It doesn't matter whether this actor had a rich imagination or not.

12. Direct: What will she have for lunch?

    Indirect: Can you tell me what she will have for lunch?