Direct and Indirect Questions

Direct and Indirect Questions

1. Embedded Speech

   • Definition
     • Is a type of question that includes another question or sentence.
       • There must not be auxiliary verbs between the question word an the subject.
         • There should be no question mark at the end of the sentence if the embedded question is part of a statement.
           • If there's an auxiliary or to be verb included within the embedded question, the position of the subject and the auxiliary or to be verb needs to be reversed.
   • Introductory phrases
     • I´d like to know
       • Could you tell me
         • I wonder
   • Example
     • Embedded question
       • Could you tell me if the office is available?
       • Direct Question
         • Is the office available?

2. Direct Questions

   • Definition
     • Are the "normal" questions that people use with the ones he/she know well. Like Family, friends etc
   • Examples
     • Who is she?
     • Where is my book?
     • When is he going to celebrate his birthday?

3. Indirect Questions

   • Definition
     • A indirect questions is a embedded question inside a statement or another sentence.
       • Are more polite and formal. They're interrogative questions.
   • Indirect questions with is/are, the verb (is) comes after the subject.
     • In indirect questions, we don't use the auxiliary verbs do/does/did.
   • Example
     • I wonder why she said that.

4. Object Questions

   • A object is the person or thing that receives the action.
     • She drank the orange juice.
       • The orange juice is the object.
   • These questions follow the QUASM formula. Question word, Auxiliary, Verb, Subject and Main verb.
   • In this sentences we want to know about the receiver of the action.
   • Examples
     • Who did Ellie invite?
     • What does Marlon Cook?
     • When do you want to go?

5. Subject Questions

   • We use them when we don't know the person or thing who performed the action and we want to find out.
   • Subject questions don't use auxiliary verbs like do/does/did.
   • Who/What - verb(in present or past) -object.
   • Examples
     • Who painted the walls?
       • Sabrina painted the walls.
     • What fall in the floor?
       • The keys fall in the floor.