Transcript Lesson 6: Communicating with Signs

Lesson 6:
Communicating
with Signs
Grammar Section
-Indirect QuestionKate Chao
Outline
• Warm up
• Explain the Grammatical Rule
• Practice
• Group Work
Think about It
Consider the following situation: You are
talking to a man at a meeting that you
have never met. However, you know his
name and you both know a colleague
named Jack. You turn to him and ask:
Where is Jack?
The man seems a little bothered and says
he doesn't know. He isn't very friendly.
You wonder why he seems bothered...
Why?
Direct questions are often
considered rude when speaking to
strangers.
To be more polite we often use
indirect question forms. Indirect
questions serve the same purpose as
direct questions, but are considered
more formal.
Indirect Question
Introductory phrase +
question word (what, when, where,
why, which…) +subordinate
clause (positive sentence )
When using an indirect question, use an
introductory phrase followed by the
question itself in positive sentence
structure.
Indirect Question
• Here are some of the most common
phrases used for asking indirect questions.
Do you know … ?
Can you tell me … ?
Do you happen to know ...?
I wonder / was wondering ….
I have no idea ...
I'm not sure ...
I'd like to know ...
Examples
For example:
1.- Direct question
Where's the department store?
-Indirect question
Could you tell me where the department
store is?
2. - Direct question
What's his name?
-Indirect question
Do you know what his name is? -
1.Where can I buy
my favorite pretzels?
2.What are
you talking
about?
1.I was wondering …
where I can buy my favorite pretzels.
2.I don’t know…
what you are talking about.
3.Why does he look
so funny?
3. I'd like to know…
why he looks so funny.
4.When will this
boring meeting finish?
4.Can you tell me…
when this boring meeting will finish?
Group Work
1.Worksheet
2.Scrumbled Sentences