These activities were put together for an upper intermediate class.
Indirect questions are commonly used to sound more polite, especially when making requests or asking for information.
The activities below are designed to help you notice and practise key patterns, such as word order (“Could you tell me where it is?”), verb forms (“Would you mind opening…”), and common introductory phrases (“I was wondering if…”).
Take turns selecting an awkward situation and try to think of a polite question you could ask.
Here are three speaking activities that you can use to practise using indirect questions:
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