[Tip] Indirect Questions

* Omit "do, does or did" in the indirect question.


Examples:

Direct question: What do you do?
Indirect question: Can you tell me what you do?

Direct question: Where did they live before?
Indirect question: Don't you wanna know where they lived before?

Direct question: Why doesn't he wanna go home?
Indirect question: Do you know why he doesn't wanna go home?


* See more about Indirect Questions here: http://www.eslbase.com/grammar/indirect-questions

Quiz-Indirect Questions Quiz: http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_indirect.htm

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