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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Indirect questions====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3218_e52131832b5b828a4a30aa74ad7d0fab.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="425" height="635" id="3218" style="width: 109px; height: 132px;" alt="map ask directions tourist cafe restaurant aide point " src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/3218_e52131832b5b828a4a30aa74ad7d0fab.jpg"></a> <b style=";"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Could you tell me where <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the station is</span>, please?</span></b> <br></p></html> =====Definition===== <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>These are an alternative way to ask certain questions. For example: </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Could you tell me if <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">it's </span>ready? = Is it ready?</span></b></p> <br></html> =====Construction===== <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>They consist of two questions in one sentence. There are lots of possibilities. Here are a few examples:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="266" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>First question</span></b></p> </td> <td width="192" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 115.15pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>+</span></b></p> </td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 204.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Second question</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="266" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Could you tell me...</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="192" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.15pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>if/whether</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 204.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">there's </span>a canteen in this building?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="266" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Can you remember...</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="192" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 115.15pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>if/whether</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 204.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">we ordered </span>more paper?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="266" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Do you know...</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="192" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.15pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>who/what/which/where/</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>when/whose </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 204.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">it is</span>?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="266" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Does anyone recall...</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="192" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 115.15pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>where</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 204.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">we put </span>the file?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td width="266" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Did she say...</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="192" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.15pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>how </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 204.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">she fixed </span>it?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td width="266" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Can you confirm... </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="192" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 115.15pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>how much/many</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 204.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">we need</span>?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td width="266" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Do you have any idea...</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="192" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.15pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>how long</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 204.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">it will </span>take?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td width="266" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Would you mind explaining...</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="192" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 115.15pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>how</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="340" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 204.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">you're</span> going to solve this problem?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: rgb(247, 150, 70); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: red; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Note that </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>1. </span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>In the first question, we use the usual word order for interrogatives but in the second question, we do not:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><strong>Do you know <u>what is it</u>? </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="37" height="36" id="40" style="width: 16px; height: 15px;" alt="red x, red cross" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><strong>Do you know what <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">it is</span>? </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="39" height="28" id="39" style="width: 21px; height: 15px;" alt="green check mark, tick mark" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><strong>Could you tell me <u>where can I find</u> a post office? </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="37" height="36" id="40" style="width: 16px; height: 15px;" alt="red x, red cross" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><strong>Could you tell me where <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">I can find </span>a post office? </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="39" height="28" id="39" style="width: 21px; height: 15px;" alt="green check mark, tick mark" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><strong>Can you confirm <u>what time does the conference start</u>? </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="37" height="36" id="40" style="width: 16px; height: 15px;" alt="red x, red cross" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><strong>Can you confirm what time <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the conference starts</span>? </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="39" height="28" id="39" style="width: 21px; height: 15px;" alt="green check mark, tick mark" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>An exception is when there is a <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">question word </span>in the second part that refers to a subject rather than an object. For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><strong>Can you tell me <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">what's wrong</span>? </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="39" height="28" id="39" style="width: 21px; height: 15px;" alt="green check mark, tick mark" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><strong>Do you know <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">who will be there</span>? </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="39" height="28" id="39" style="width: 21px; height: 15px;" alt="green check mark, tick mark" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri"><strong> 2.</strong> </font><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>With 'whose', only one indirect form is correct:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></p> <table style="margin: auto auto auto 72pt; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="220" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 131.85pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Whose <u>pen</u> is this? </span></b></p> </td> <td width="458" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 274.95pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><strong>Do you know <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whose pen this is</span>? </strong><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="39" height="28" id="39" style="width: 21px; height: 15px;" alt="green check mark, tick mark" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></a><strong> </strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="220" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 131.85pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Whose is this <u>pen</u>? </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="458" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 274.95pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Do you know whose is this pen? </span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-no-proof: yes;"><img width="20" height="20" src="data:image/png;base64,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" border="0" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_25"></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> 3. </span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>We can also use question word + infinitive. For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Do you know...</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">what to do </span>with this file?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">when to take </span>a coffee break?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">where to go</span>?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">how many to bring</span>?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Could you tell me...</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">how to get to </span>the airport?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">which</span> computer <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">to use</span>?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">whose</span> ID <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">to check</span>?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.9pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>...<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">who to invite</span>?</span></b></p><p> <br></p></html> =====Uses===== <html> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Use</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>To be more polite, especially when talking to a stranger or someone we don't know well.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Excuse me, do you know which platform<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> I need </span>for trains to Birmingham?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Can you tell me whether <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">it's</span> quicker to go by bus or train?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>When we don't know if the person we're asking has the information we need.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Do you know if <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">there's </span>a team meeting this week?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80); mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Did you find out when<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> the parts will </span>arrive?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3; ;"> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>When there are simply two questions involved.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Did anyone ask whether <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">it's</span> OK for us to leave early?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Did you notice if <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Frank was </span>in his office?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p><strong> <br></strong> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>Note that </span></b><b style=";"><span style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;'>we often begin with 'Excuse me' when approaching a stranger or interrupting someone to ask a question. 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