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4 Senses and Emotions

D. Listen again to the conversations. Write the phrase Grammar 2 Indirect questions
from the Everyday English Box which is missing in
each conversation. There are two extra phrases.
A. Ask and answer these questions with a partner.
1.
1. Can you tell me what your favourite school
2.
subject is?
3.
2. Do you know if we have an English test next
4. week?
5. 3. I’d like to know what you’re doing after class
6. today.
4. I was wondering whether you’ve ever been to
E. Tell your partner about: an English-speaking country.
a) a time when you were really chuffed. 5. Could you let me know where you’d like to
live in the future?
b) a school trip when you had the time of your life.
c) an occasion when you grinned from ear to ear.
B. Write the questions from exercise A as direct
d) a holiday which you loved every minute of. questions. How do they change when we make

indirect questions?
F. Work with a partner. Write a dialogue for one of 1.
these situations. Use the phrases from the Everyday
English Box. 2.
3.
4.
You must be absolutely delighted. 5.
She’s over the moon.
He was grinning from ear to ear. C. Write these questions as indirect questions.
I’m on cloud nine. 1. Who’s your favourite actor?
He’s having the time of his life. 2. What do you want to be when you grow up?
They’re really chuffed. 3. Where did you spend your last holiday?
We couldn’t be happier.
4. When’s your teacher’s birthday?
She’s loving every moment.
5. Are you learning any other languages at the
moment?
6. Will you use English a lot in the future?
7. Why is English a useful language to learn?
8. What’s your favourite day of the week?

D. Discuss with a partner.

1. Do people use indirect questions in your
language? Why/Why not?
2. In what situations might you use indirect
questions?

E. Imagine you’re going to interview someone you
really admire. Write six indirect questions to ask
that person.

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