[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-db50-7985-baa1-aa269b3ea708":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-01a0e1ab-d5d8-7484-8fca-82bc3d0644d7":259},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":258},"01a0e1ab-db50-7985-baa1-aa269b3ea708","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F01a0e1ab-d5d8-7484-8fca-82bc3d0644d7","Indirect Questions with If, Whether and Question Words — Build the Sentences","Arrange the word tiles to build an indirect question or statement. Leave out the extra word.","Indirect Questions: Practise Word Order","Practise indirect questions with if, whether and question words by ordering word tiles in sentences about travel, meals, family and everyday problems.",1,"sentence_builder",[13,40,60,81,101,123,141,161,179,197,216,236],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"exampleSentence":18,"blanks":19},"01a0e1ab-db50-7c01-baa1-aa269c484325","Build the sentence: __1__",0,"The polite opening is Could you tell me. After where, use the subject the lift before is. Are does not agree with the singular subject.","Do you know where my umbrella is?",[20],{"id":21,"blankNumber":10,"options":22,"tiles":31},"01a0e1ab-db50-7b85-baa1-aa269c188cde",[23,27],{"id":24,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db50-7ae1-baa1-aa269b4b4b7e","are",false,{"id":28,"optionText":29,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db50-7b39-baa1-aa269be55ffb","Could you tell me where the lift is?",true,[32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39],"Could","you","tell","me","where","the","lift","is?",{"id":41,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":10,"explanation":42,"exampleSentence":43,"blanks":44},"01a0e1ab-db50-7d81-baa1-aa269ee0410b","Whether introduces the yes\u002Fno question after I wonder. The embedded order is the battery + is + empty; are cannot agree with battery. The whole sentence is a statement.","She wants to know whether the museum is open.",[45],{"id":46,"blankNumber":10,"options":47,"tiles":53},"01a0e1ab-db50-7d19-baa1-aa269e6e630f",[48,51],{"id":49,"optionText":50,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db50-7c8d-baa1-aa269d31e5ed","I wonder whether the battery is empty.",{"id":52,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db50-7cd9-baa1-aa269d9f0ce7",[54,55,56,37,57,58,59],"I","wonder","whether","battery","is","empty.",{"id":61,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":62,"explanation":63,"exampleSentence":64,"blanks":65},"01a0e1ab-db50-7ee9-baa1-aa26a1815cb7",2,"After when, put the subject the visitors before can, then use the base verb enter. Can entering is incorrect. This instruction ends with a full stop.","Could you tell me when the children can swim?",[66],{"id":67,"blankNumber":10,"options":68,"tiles":75},"01a0e1ab-db50-7e85-baa1-aa26a120bd05",[69,72],{"id":70,"optionText":71,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db50-7e01-baa1-aa269fbe3bde","entering",{"id":73,"optionText":74,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db50-7e45-baa1-aa26a07659b0","Please tell me when the visitors can enter.",[76,34,35,77,37,78,79,80],"Please","when","visitors","can","enter.",{"id":82,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":83,"explanation":84,"exampleSentence":85,"blanks":86},"01a0e1ab-db51-70bb-b221-93d62e0758c1",3,"Keep why and put the subject the screen before the auxiliary has and the participle frozen. Have does not agree with the singular screen.","I wonder why the train has stopped.",[87],{"id":88,"blankNumber":10,"options":89,"tiles":96},"01a0e1ab-db51-7053-b221-93d62dc97919",[90,93],{"id":91,"optionText":92,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db50-7f65-baa1-aa26a1aacf16","Could you tell me why the screen has frozen?",{"id":94,"optionText":95,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db51-700f-b221-93d62d5f108e","have",[32,33,34,35,97,37,98,99,100],"why","screen","has","frozen?",{"id":102,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":103,"explanation":104,"exampleSentence":105,"blanks":106},"01a0e1ab-db51-723b-b221-93d62f9ccaca",4,"Keep how much together, followed by the subject the repair and the present simple verb costs. The embedded question needs no does; costing alone cannot be its finite verb.","Please tell me how much membership costs.",[107],{"id":108,"blankNumber":10,"options":109,"tiles":116},"01a0e1ab-db51-71bf-b221-93d62f81355e",[110,113],{"id":111,"optionText":112,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db51-713b-b221-93d62e4f1aca","costing",{"id":114,"optionText":115,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db51-717f-b221-93d62ee1863d","Do you know how much the repair costs?",[117,33,118,119,120,37,121,122],"Do","know","how","much","repair","costs?",{"id":124,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":125,"explanation":126,"exampleSentence":127,"blanks":128},"01a0e1ab-db51-73af-b221-93d630b50a4f",5,"After when, use the coach + arrived, not past-question order with did. Arriving cannot replace the past simple verb without an auxiliary.","She wants to know when the match finished.",[129],{"id":130,"blankNumber":10,"options":131,"tiles":138},"01a0e1ab-db51-733b-b221-93d63040dfd5",[132,135],{"id":133,"optionText":134,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db51-72b7-b221-93d62fccd178","Do you know when the coach arrived?",{"id":136,"optionText":137,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db51-72fb-b221-93d62fe68d8e","arriving",[117,33,118,77,37,139,140],"coach","arrived?",{"id":142,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":143,"explanation":144,"exampleSentence":145,"blanks":146},"01a0e1ab-db51-7473-b221-93d631c8a65e",6,"Which key is the subject of the embedded question, so it comes directly before opens. Singular key requires opens, not open; no question auxiliary is added.","Do you know which road leads to the beach?",[147],{"id":148,"blankNumber":10,"options":149,"tiles":156},"01a0e1ab-db51-743f-b221-93d6314cbf74",[150,153],{"id":151,"optionText":152,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db51-73f7-b221-93d630fd04c4","open",{"id":154,"optionText":155,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db51-741f-b221-93d63149d79d","Please tell me which key opens the cupboard.",[76,34,35,157,158,159,37,160],"which","key","opens","cupboard.",{"id":162,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":163,"explanation":164,"exampleSentence":165,"blanks":166},"01a0e1ab-db51-752b-b221-93d6342401d7",7,"Who is the subject, so who + called keeps the direct question’s order. Calling cannot stand alone as the finite verb after who.","Do you know who won?",[167],{"id":168,"blankNumber":10,"options":169,"tiles":176},"01a0e1ab-db51-74f7-b221-93d633abf0a8",[170,173],{"id":171,"optionText":172,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db51-74b3-b221-93d632240bc5","Please tell me who called.",{"id":174,"optionText":175,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db51-74d7-b221-93d632f38bca","calling",[76,34,35,177,178],"who","called.",{"id":180,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":181,"explanation":182,"exampleSentence":183,"blanks":184},"01a0e1ab-db51-75e3-b221-93d63670fc70",8,"Who is the object and the manager is the subject. After I wonder, use who + the manager + interviewed, without did. Interviewing cannot replace the finite past simple verb on its own.","Please tell me who your neighbours invited.",[185],{"id":186,"blankNumber":10,"options":187,"tiles":194},"01a0e1ab-db51-75af-b221-93d63655910e",[188,191],{"id":189,"optionText":190,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db51-756b-b221-93d634e125b9","interviewing",{"id":192,"optionText":193,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db51-758f-b221-93d635da7b2c","I wonder who the manager interviewed.",[54,55,177,37,195,196],"manager","interviewed.",{"id":198,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":199,"explanation":200,"exampleSentence":201,"blanks":202},"01a0e1ab-db51-7693-b221-93d638e15f7b",9,"Whether introduces the alternatives hot or cold. Put lunch before is, then the alternatives. Are cannot agree with lunch. If is also possible in this construction, but is not a supplied tile.","Do you know whether the office is upstairs or downstairs?",[203],{"id":204,"blankNumber":10,"options":205,"tiles":211},"01a0e1ab-db51-7663-b221-93d6384054b6",[206,209],{"id":207,"optionText":208,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db51-7623-b221-93d6374b1d89","Please tell me whether lunch is hot or cold.",{"id":210,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db51-7643-b221-93d6375e9a6b",[76,34,35,56,212,58,213,214,215],"lunch","hot","or","cold.",{"id":217,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":218,"explanation":219,"exampleSentence":220,"blanks":221},"01a0e1ab-db51-7753-b221-93d63a66cd3f",10,"If introduces an embedded yes\u002Fno question, not a condition here. Use the printer + works and place or not at the end; if or not is incorrect. Work does not agree with printer.","Please tell me if the machine needs paper or not.",[222],{"id":223,"blankNumber":10,"options":224,"tiles":231},"01a0e1ab-db51-771f-b221-93d63a071446",[225,228],{"id":226,"optionText":227,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db51-76df-b221-93d638e7871e","work",{"id":229,"optionText":230,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db51-7703-b221-93d63985027b","Do you know if the printer works or not?",[117,33,118,232,37,233,234,214,235],"if","printer","works","not?",{"id":237,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":238,"explanation":239,"exampleSentence":240,"blanks":241},"01a0e1ab-db51-7803-b221-93d63cb459ad",11,"The reporting opening is Mia wants to know. After where, use her son + lives, without does. Indirect order does not require a tense change. Want cannot agree with Mia.","His mother wants to know what he needs.",[242],{"id":243,"blankNumber":10,"options":244,"tiles":251},"01a0e1ab-db51-77cf-b221-93d63c24e47a",[245,248],{"id":246,"optionText":247,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":16},"01a0e1ab-db51-778f-b221-93d63b2b758a","Mia wants to know where her son lives.",{"id":249,"optionText":250,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db51-77af-b221-93d63bd116ee","want",[252,253,254,118,36,255,256,257],"Mia","wants","to","her","son","lives.","\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_fe683509-e41e-4934-9bc0-8b24fe1bc333_hero.webp?v=1790492531",{"title":260,"slug":261,"language":262,"level":263},"Indirect Questions with If, Whether and Question Words","indirect-questions-with-if-whether-and-question-words","en","B1"]