[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-01a0e1ab-db64-7035-b8a1-9ced7e385871":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-01a0e1ab-d5d8-7484-8fca-82bc3d0644d7":101},{"id":4,"grammarPage":5,"title":6,"instructions":7,"seoTitle":8,"seoDescription":9,"displayOrder":10,"type":11,"questions":12,"ogImageUrl":100},"01a0e1ab-db64-7035-b8a1-9ced7e385871","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F01a0e1ab-d5d8-7484-8fca-82bc3d0644d7","Indirect Questions — Sort the Building Blocks","Tap each tile, then tap its column. Place every tile before checking your answers.","Indirect questions: sort forms and word order","Sort questions and short clauses by indirect-question rules, practising connectors, word order and subjects in sentences about a local workshop.",2,"word_sort",[13,36,59,81],{"id":14,"sentenceTemplate":15,"displayOrder":16,"explanation":17,"blanks":18,"payload":19},"01a0e1ab-db64-715d-b8a1-9ced7ef1ae8a","Sort these direct questions by how you would introduce them inside an indirect question.",0,"A yes\u002Fno question needs if or whether. A question asking for specific information keeps its question word or phrase instead; do not add if. For example: Is the oven hot? becomes I wonder whether the oven is hot.",[],{"items":20,"categories":35},[21,24,26,28,31,33],{"text":22,"category":23},"Are the tools clean?","Use if or whether",{"text":25,"category":23},"Can we paint here?",{"text":27,"category":23},"Have you finished the chair?",{"text":29,"category":30},"Where are the brushes?","Keep the question word",{"text":32,"category":30},"Why is the wood wet?",{"text":34,"category":30},"How long will this take?",[23,30],{"id":37,"sentenceTemplate":38,"displayOrder":39,"explanation":40,"blanks":41,"payload":42},"01a0e1ab-db64-71d1-b8a1-9ced7fcec2ea","Each tile follows Could you tell me. Sort by whether its indirect-question word order is correct.",1,"The clause inside the request needs subject + verb, even though Could you tell me has question order. This applies to be, modal verbs and perfect auxiliaries. For example: Could you tell me why the lights have gone out?",[],{"items":43,"categories":58},[44,47,49,51,54,56],{"text":45,"category":46},"where the glue is","Correct statement word order",{"text":48,"category":46},"when we should stop",{"text":50,"category":46},"why the paint has dried",{"text":52,"category":53},"where is the glue","Needs statement word order",{"text":55,"category":53},"when should we stop",{"text":57,"category":53},"why has the paint dried",[53,46],{"id":60,"sentenceTemplate":61,"displayOrder":10,"explanation":62,"blanks":63,"payload":64},"01a0e1ab-db64-7229-b8a1-9ced80668591","When making these questions indirect, which auxiliary must disappear, and which must remain inside the clause?","Remove question auxiliaries do, does and did, then give the main verb the appropriate form. Keep a modal or perfect auxiliary, but place it after the subject. For example: Why did the alarm ring? becomes Do you know why the alarm rang?",[],{"items":65,"categories":80},[66,69,71,73,76,78],{"text":67,"category":68},"What do we bring?","Remove do, does or did",{"text":70,"category":68},"When does the class finish?",{"text":72,"category":68},"Where did you buy the wood?",{"text":74,"category":75},"When can we collect our work?","Keep the modal or perfect auxiliary",{"text":77,"category":75},"Why has the handle broken?",{"text":79,"category":75},"What should we make next?",[68,75],{"id":82,"sentenceTemplate":83,"displayOrder":84,"explanation":85,"blanks":86,"payload":87},"01a0e1ab-db64-7281-b8a1-9ced80737a7f","In these indirect-question clauses, sort by whether who or what is the subject or the object.",3,"When who or what is the subject, it is followed directly by the verb. When it is the object, a separate subject comes before the verb. For example: I wonder who helped contrasts with I wonder who you helped.",[],{"items":88,"categories":99},[89,92,94,97],{"text":90,"category":91},"who broke the cup","Who or what is the subject",{"text":93,"category":91},"what fell off the shelf",{"text":95,"category":96},"who the teacher thanked","Who or what is the object",{"text":98,"category":96},"what the children painted",[96,91],"\u002Fuploads\u002Fimages\u002Fgpimg_49d08665-e029-48b2-8be5-f86e4024cea7_hero.webp?v=1790492531",{"title":102,"slug":103,"language":104,"level":105},"Indirect Questions with If, Whether and Question Words","indirect-questions-with-if-whether-and-question-words","en","B1"]