Rewrite Direct to Indirect (or viceversa)
What are you doing this weekend?
I was wondering what you are doing this weekend?
You don't like pizza ____?
do you?
Antonio cooked lasagna for dinner.
Didn't Antonio cook lasagna for dinner?
What do we use negative and tag questions for?
To confirm some information that we already know, assume or presuppose.
Has she visited not the museum yet?
Incorrect - Hasn't she visited the museum yet?
Will you be at the party tomorrow?
I was wondering if you will be at the party tomorrow?
didn't she?
Won't my aunts visit next week?
What do we use indirect questions for?
To soften the question, to 'beat around the bush', to ask for a favor or for information in a kind manner
Correct
Could you explain why the TV isn't working?
Why isn't the TV working?
There aren't any games in this room, _____?
are there?
Sasha works at the mall during winter.
Doesn't Sasha work at the mall during winter?
What's the formula for a negative question?
Create a direct question and add negative after the auxiliary.
She went to school yesterday, doesn't she?
Incorrect - She went to school yesterday, didn't she?
Did you go to bed late last night?
Can you tell me if you went to bed late last night?
Has she started her new job?
She has started her new job, hasn't she?
Mark is going to be travelling to Egypt next fall.
Isn't Mark going to be travelling to Egypt next fall?
What's the formula for tag questions?
Sentence in affirmative (or negative) + auxiliary in opposite form (negative or affirmative) + subject. (there are expections).
I would like to know did they complete the report?
Incorrect - I would like to know if they completed the report?
I wanted to know if you enjoy watching horror movies?
Do you enjoy watching horror movies?
Am I tall enough to reach the cereal?
I am tall enough to reach the cereal, aren't I?
My siblings have never been abroad.
Haven't my siblings ever been abroad?
What's the formula for indirect questions?
Introduction + "if" for yes/no questions or "wh/how" word for open ended questions + sentence in affirmative structure
Can you please check where they have been the past few weeks?