Indirect questions

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Indirect
questions
and
sentences
Sounding polite

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See next…
Questions and sentences
► Do you know where…?
► I don’t know why…
► Could you tell me what…?
► etc
We say:
Where has Tomgone?
But:
Do you know where Tomhas gone?
(not Do you know where has Tom
gone?)

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Explanation:
► When the question (Where has Tom
gone?) is part of a longer
sentence (Do you know…? / I
don’t know… / Can you tell me…?
Etc.), the word order changes.
► For example…

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5. Be careful with
Example:
D O / D O E S / D I D

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7. Use if
Where there is no other
question word:what, why,
etc.
o r w h e t h e r

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9. Source
Murphy Raymond. English Grammar in
Use
Cambridge