[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-db30-7d71-be8a-1df2cfacead0":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-01a0e1ab-d5d8-7484-8fca-82bc3d0644d7":321},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":320},"01a0e1ab-db30-7d71-be8a-1df2cfacead0","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F01a0e1ab-d5d8-7484-8fca-82bc3d0644d7","Indirect Questions with If, Whether and Question Words — Forms in Context","Choose the option that completes each sentence in context.","Indirect Questions: Choose the Correct Form","Practise indirect questions with dropdown choices about travel, bookings and everyday requests, focusing on word order, linking words and punctuation.",0,"word_select",[13,35,53,71,90,109,128,147,165,181,197,216,235,264,283],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":10,"explanation":16,"exampleSentence":17,"blanks":18},"01a0e1ab-db30-7f95-be8a-1df2d28935cc","I cannot find our tickets. Do you know where __1__?","Inside the question introduced by where, use subject + verb: they are. Only the opening Do you know has question word order.","Could you tell me where the nearest bank is?",[19],{"id":20,"blankNumber":21,"options":22},"01a0e1ab-db30-7f41-be8a-1df2d1f178e4",1,[23,27,31],{"id":24,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db30-7ea9-be8a-1df2d022b09e","are they",false,{"id":28,"optionText":29,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db30-7eed-be8a-1df2d11025eb","they are",true,{"id":32,"optionText":33,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db30-7f19-be8a-1df2d1823b1e","do they be",2,{"id":36,"sentenceTemplate":37,"displayOrder":21,"explanation":38,"exampleSentence":39,"blanks":40},"01a0e1ab-db31-70ee-8091-6462565cdfdf","We need permission to enter the room. Could you tell me when __1__?","The embedded question needs subject + modal + main verb: we can go in. Do not move can before we.","I wonder how we should answer this email.",[41],{"id":42,"blankNumber":21,"options":43},"01a0e1ab-db31-70b6-8091-6462563f8963",[44,47,50],{"id":45,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-704a-8091-6462554f4a1f","can we go in",{"id":48,"optionText":49,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-7076-8091-646255b6d810","we go can in",{"id":51,"optionText":52,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-709a-8091-646255e94f0f","we can go in",{"id":54,"sentenceTemplate":55,"displayOrder":34,"explanation":56,"exampleSentence":57,"blanks":58},"01a0e1ab-db31-71ca-8091-646259a6a8e9","The driver has left without us. Do you know why __1__?","Keep why and put the subject before the auxiliary: he has left. The present perfect does not use inverted order inside an indirect question.","Please tell me what you have bought for dinner.",[59],{"id":60,"blankNumber":21,"options":61},"01a0e1ab-db31-7192-8091-646258b2d5c8",[62,65,68],{"id":63,"optionText":64,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-7132-8091-646256ba551a","he has left",{"id":66,"optionText":67,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-7156-8091-646257691ff6","has he left",{"id":69,"optionText":70,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-7172-8091-646258551e0f","he left has",{"id":72,"sentenceTemplate":73,"displayOrder":74,"explanation":75,"exampleSentence":76,"blanks":77},"01a0e1ab-db31-729e-8091-64625ced66c4","Ask the receptionist this question indirectly: Where does the walking tour start? Could you tell me where __1__?",3,"Remove question auxiliary does and give the singular subject its present simple form, starts. Indirect word order alone does not require a tense change.","I wonder what time the bakery closes.",[78],{"id":79,"blankNumber":21,"options":80},"01a0e1ab-db31-726a-8091-64625c2d8f17",[81,84,87],{"id":82,"optionText":83,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-720a-8091-64625a9d7b50","does the walking tour start",{"id":85,"optionText":86,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-722e-8091-64625aa229f5","the walking tour starts",{"id":88,"optionText":89,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-724e-8091-64625b9de54b","the walking tour start",{"id":91,"sentenceTemplate":92,"displayOrder":93,"explanation":94,"exampleSentence":95,"blanks":96},"01a0e1ab-db31-739a-8091-64625f46bfab","Ask this indirectly: What do the guests need? Do you know what __1__?",4,"Keep what, remove question auxiliary do, and use the guests need. The plural subject does not take needs.","Please tell me where your cousins live.",[97],{"id":98,"blankNumber":21,"options":99},"01a0e1ab-db31-7352-8091-64625f2d011e",[100,103,106],{"id":101,"optionText":102,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-72e2-8091-64625db91ce3","do the guests need",{"id":104,"optionText":105,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-7316-8091-64625e5439fb","the guests needs",{"id":107,"optionText":108,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-7336-8091-64625e802ba6","the guests need",{"id":110,"sentenceTemplate":111,"displayOrder":112,"explanation":113,"exampleSentence":114,"blanks":115},"01a0e1ab-db31-7472-8091-64626244d748","Ask this indirectly: When did the parcel arrive? Could you tell me when __1__?",5,"Remove question auxiliary did and put the past tense on the main verb: arrived. Do not combine did with arrived.","Do you know why the concert ended early?",[116],{"id":117,"blankNumber":21,"options":118},"01a0e1ab-db31-743a-8091-646261600439",[119,122,125],{"id":120,"optionText":121,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-73de-8091-64625fb535be","the parcel arrived",{"id":123,"optionText":124,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-73fe-8091-64626032cd61","did the parcel arrive",{"id":126,"optionText":127,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-741e-8091-64626095d30a","the parcel did arrived",{"id":129,"sentenceTemplate":130,"displayOrder":131,"explanation":132,"exampleSentence":133,"blanks":134},"01a0e1ab-db31-7546-8091-646264ced3a9","Ask whether the answer is yes or no: Does the hotel have a pool? Do you know __1__ the hotel has a pool?",6,"The original question asks for a yes\u002Fno answer, so if introduces the embedded question. Whether would also work, but is not an option. That introduces a statement rather than this yes\u002Fno question.","I wonder whether the library is open today.",[135],{"id":136,"blankNumber":21,"options":137},"01a0e1ab-db31-7512-8091-646264558a4b",[138,141,144],{"id":139,"optionText":140,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-74b6-8091-6462628f5b50","that",{"id":142,"optionText":143,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-74d6-8091-646263708066","if",{"id":145,"optionText":146,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-74f6-8091-646264359c50","what",{"id":148,"sentenceTemplate":149,"displayOrder":150,"explanation":151,"exampleSentence":152,"blanks":153},"01a0e1ab-db31-7616-8091-646267cf6a4e","Keep the two alternatives in this question: Is breakfast included or extra? Could you tell me __1__ breakfast is included or extra?",7,"Whether introduces the two alternatives included and extra. If is also possible in this position; whether is especially useful with alternatives and can sound slightly more formal.","Please tell me whether you prefer tea or coffee.",[154],{"id":155,"blankNumber":21,"options":156},"01a0e1ab-db31-75e2-8091-646267296544",[157,159,162],{"id":158,"optionText":140,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-7586-8091-646265c2d408",{"id":160,"optionText":161,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-75a6-8091-6462663567f6","which",{"id":163,"optionText":164,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-75c6-8091-6462666f80f0","whether",{"id":166,"sentenceTemplate":167,"displayOrder":168,"explanation":169,"exampleSentence":170,"blanks":171},"01a0e1ab-db31-76f6-8091-646269fb0e68","We need a definite answer for the booking. Please tell me __1__ or not you need a room.",8,"Or not immediately follows the linking word, so use whether. If or not is incorrect; with if, or not must come later.","Do you know whether or not the museum allows photographs?",[172],{"id":173,"blankNumber":21,"options":174},"01a0e1ab-db31-76c2-8091-646269d2392b",[175,177,179],{"id":176,"optionText":164,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-765a-8091-646268b65a2e",{"id":178,"optionText":143,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-767a-8091-646268beff5d",{"id":180,"optionText":140,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-76a2-8091-646268f43412",{"id":182,"sentenceTemplate":183,"displayOrder":184,"explanation":185,"exampleSentence":186,"blanks":187},"01a0e1ab-db31-77ca-8091-64626d2ed7bb","Complete this yes\u002Fno question without moving or not: I wonder __1__ the café takes cards or not.",9,"If can introduce a yes\u002Fno question with or not at the end. Whether would also be possible here. This if introduces a question, not a condition.","Please tell me if your brother is joining us or not.",[188],{"id":189,"blankNumber":21,"options":190},"01a0e1ab-db31-7796-8091-64626cb04cef",[191,193,195],{"id":192,"optionText":146,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-773a-8091-64626aac2e33",{"id":194,"optionText":140,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-775a-8091-64626ae1a5af",{"id":196,"optionText":143,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-7776-8091-64626bdb68aa",{"id":198,"sentenceTemplate":199,"displayOrder":200,"explanation":201,"exampleSentence":202,"blanks":203},"01a0e1ab-db31-78a2-8091-64626fca0c08","Ask this indirectly: Which bus should I take? Could you tell me __1__?",10,"Keep which bus, use subject + modal, and do not add whether to a question-word clause.","I wonder which seat I should choose.",[204],{"id":205,"blankNumber":21,"options":206},"01a0e1ab-db31-786e-8091-64626f0cb1ba",[207,210,213],{"id":208,"optionText":209,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-780e-8091-64626d80da9c","which bus should I take",{"id":211,"optionText":212,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-782e-8091-64626df51f98","which bus I should take",{"id":214,"optionText":215,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-784e-8091-64626e82443d","whether which bus I should take",{"id":217,"sentenceTemplate":218,"displayOrder":219,"explanation":220,"exampleSentence":221,"blanks":222},"01a0e1ab-db31-7976-8091-64627274a2bd","Ask this indirectly: How much does a day ticket cost? Do you know __1__?",11,"Keep the whole question phrase how much. Remove does, use costs with the singular subject, and do not add if.","Please tell me how much your new phone weighs.",[223],{"id":224,"blankNumber":21,"options":225},"01a0e1ab-db31-7942-8091-646272207a85",[226,229,232],{"id":227,"optionText":228,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-78e6-8091-646270af28fc","how much a day ticket costs",{"id":230,"optionText":231,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-7906-8091-6462714c1e87","how much does a day ticket cost",{"id":233,"optionText":234,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-7926-8091-646271b85aa3","if how much a day ticket costs",{"id":236,"sentenceTemplate":237,"displayOrder":238,"explanation":239,"exampleSentence":240,"blanks":241},"01a0e1ab-db31-7aea-8091-6462761daf16","Keep the meanings of both questions: Who invited Ben? Who did Ben invite? I want to know __1__, and I also want to know __2__.",12,"In the first question, who is the subject, so who invited Ben stays unchanged. In the second, Ben is the subject: remove did and use who Ben invited. Did cannot be followed by the past-tense form invited.","Do you know what caused the noise? Please tell me what you heard.",[242,254],{"id":243,"blankNumber":21,"options":244},"01a0e1ab-db31-7a26-8091-646274271352",[245,248,251],{"id":246,"optionText":247,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-79ba-8091-64627286460d","who Ben invited",{"id":249,"optionText":250,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-79de-8091-646272ecbaf5","who did invited Ben",{"id":252,"optionText":253,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-79fe-8091-6462733ee65d","who invited Ben",{"id":255,"blankNumber":34,"options":256},"01a0e1ab-db31-7ab6-8091-646275f6eb6c",[257,259,262],{"id":258,"optionText":247,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-7a5e-8091-6462745fb2cc",{"id":260,"optionText":261,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-7a7e-8091-6462749cd7b4","who did Ben invite",{"id":263,"optionText":253,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-7a9a-8091-64627582a994",{"id":265,"sentenceTemplate":266,"displayOrder":267,"explanation":268,"exampleSentence":269,"blanks":270},"01a0e1ab-db31-7bce-8091-6462789b3665","Yesterday, Eva asked me, “Where do you keep your bicycle?” Report her question with a past-tense embedded verb: Eva asked where __1__ bicycle.",13,"Eva addressed me, so her you and your become I and my in my report. The requested past-tense form is kept, with statement order. Reporting after asked commonly involves a tense change, though indirect order alone does not require one.","Tom asked us, “Are you ready?” Later, we reported: Tom asked whether we were ready.",[271],{"id":272,"blankNumber":21,"options":273},"01a0e1ab-db31-7b9e-8091-646278286908",[274,277,280],{"id":275,"optionText":276,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-7b3e-8091-646276c7fbb6","you kept your",{"id":278,"optionText":279,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-7b62-8091-64627786c819","I kept my",{"id":281,"optionText":282,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-7b7e-8091-646277c11434","did I keep my",{"id":284,"sentenceTemplate":285,"displayOrder":286,"explanation":287,"exampleSentence":288,"blanks":289},"01a0e1ab-db31-7dbe-8091-64627ec6bba5","Choose the end punctuation for three separate complete sentences. Could you tell me what happened__1__ I wonder what happened__2__ Please tell me what happened__3__",14,"Could you tell me asks a question, so it needs a question mark. I wonder is a statement and Please tell me is an instruction, so both need full stops. A comma cannot end a separate complete sentence. What is the subject of happened and does not require inversion.","Do you know when lunch begins? I wonder where we will eat. Please tell me which table is ours.",[290,302,311],{"id":291,"blankNumber":21,"options":292},"01a0e1ab-db31-7c6a-8091-64627a84dc47",[293,296,299],{"id":294,"optionText":295,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-7c12-8091-64627938fe7f",".",{"id":297,"optionText":298,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-7c32-8091-646279428412","?",{"id":300,"optionText":301,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-7c4e-8091-646279d5d65d",",",{"id":303,"blankNumber":34,"options":304},"01a0e1ab-db31-7cf6-8091-64627c2378d4",[305,307,309],{"id":306,"optionText":301,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-7c9e-8091-64627b5283df",{"id":308,"optionText":295,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-7cbe-8091-64627b5e2b88",{"id":310,"optionText":298,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-7cda-8091-64627b9cea52",{"id":312,"blankNumber":74,"options":313},"01a0e1ab-db31-7d8a-8091-64627e8a0b65",[314,316,318],{"id":315,"optionText":298,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db31-7d2a-8091-64627d1f0d7a",{"id":317,"optionText":301,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db31-7d46-8091-64627d7c82c1",{"id":319,"optionText":295,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db31-7d6e-8091-64627d970b9e","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_64854a38-c37c-47b3-8dc5-355c7959024a_hero.webp?v=1790492531",{"title":322,"slug":323,"language":324,"level":325},"Indirect Questions with If, Whether and Question Words","indirect-questions-with-if-whether-and-question-words","en","B1"]