Indirect Questions
What were you like ten years ago?
Can you tell ____________________?
Can you tell me what you were like ten years ago?
Lena's a p_______p________: she loves talking to everyone she meets.
Lena's a people person: she loves talking to everyone she meets.
I am playing the piano now.
The piano is being played now (by me).
An issue about principles of what is right and wrong.
Ethical
One day the old man fished/was fishing as usual when he saw/was seeing something shiny in the water.
One day the old man fished/was fishing as usual when he saw/was seeing something shiny in the water.
How do you think you've changed?
I'd be interested to know __________________?
I'd be interested to know how you think you have changed?
Tessa will always tell you what she thinks, she's very honest and d_____t__e______.
Tessa will always tell you what she thinks, she's very honest and down-to-earth.
You have made a lot of mistakes.
A lot of mistakes have been made (by you).
A problem relating to trade, industry and the management of money.
Economic
I'd known/I'd been knowing Javier for many years and when I read/was reading he was in prison I knew there must be a mistake.
I'd known/I'd been knowing Javier for many years and when I read/was reading he was in prison I knew there must be a mistake.
What have you done that you are most proud of?
Would you mind telling me ___________________?
Would you mind telling me what you have done that you are most proud of?
I was with my husband when we ran into his ex-wife. It was very a__________.
I was with my husband when we ran into his ex-wife. It was very awkward.
They grow strawberries every year.
Strawberries are grown every year (by them).
The problem happens or is related to the countryside.
Rural
The Prince had been searching/was searching in the forest for over ten hours and began/was beginning to lose hope.
The Prince had been searching/was searching in the forest for over ten hours and began/was beginning to lose hope.
Is it possible for a person to stay the same all her life?
I wonder_____________________?
I wonder if it's possible for a person to stay the same all her life?
Beth thought she had lost her passport so she was incredibly r_________ to find it.
Beth thought she had lost her passport so she was incredibly relieved to find it.
They visited that museum yesterday.
The museum was visited yesterday (by them).
This issue affects or includes the whole world.
Global
By that evening the children were/had been exhausted and hungry because they'd walked/'d been walking in the forest all day with nothing to eat.
By that evening the children were/had been exhausted and hungry because they'd walked/'d been walking in the forest all day with nothing to eat.
Would you like to direct a movie yourself?
I was wondering______________?
I was wondering if you would like to direct a movie yourself?
The boss seemed i________ with my work on the report and he's giving me tomorrow off.
The boss seemed impressed with my work on the report and he's giving me tomorrow off.
Bill will bring sandwiches.
Sandwiches will be brought (by Bill).
These issues happen in one particular country and do not involve any other countries.
Domestic
We'd driven/'d been driving 30km when the engine suddenly stopped; someone took/had taken most of the petrol out of the car, someone who wanted us dead.
We'd driven/'d been driving 30km when the engine suddenly stopped; someone took/had taken most of the petrol out of the car, someone who wanted us dead.