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001 - Direct and Indirect Questions in English
001 - Direct and Indirect Questions in English
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jan 11, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
Direct questions are the “normal” questions that we can ask to friends, family members, and people who we know well.
Example of a direct question:“Where’s the bathroom?”
Indirect questions are a little more formal and polite. We use them when talking to a person we don’t know very well, or in professional situations, and their form is a little different.
Example of an indirect question:“Could you tell me where the bathroom is?”
In today's lesson, you'll learn how to form indirect questions in English - phrases to use, and the changes in sentence structure that make them different from direct questions.
Click here for the episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/direct-and-indirect-questions-in-english/
Example of a direct question:“Where’s the bathroom?”
Indirect questions are a little more formal and polite. We use them when talking to a person we don’t know very well, or in professional situations, and their form is a little different.
Example of an indirect question:“Could you tell me where the bathroom is?”
In today's lesson, you'll learn how to form indirect questions in English - phrases to use, and the changes in sentence structure that make them different from direct questions.
Click here for the episode text - http://www.espressoenglish.net/direct-and-indirect-questions-in-english/
Released:
Jan 11, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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