INDIRECT QUESTION

" Indirect questions " they are the questions that serve us when we want to ask something of polite form.
For his construction it is necessary bear in mind the following thing: the order of the subject, the auxiliary one and the principal verb will be the same that in the affirmation.

Example: Do you think I have is doing die? Yes I think I have is doing die.
 Translation:¿Crees que le está yendo bien? Si creo que le está yendo bien.

EXERCISES 1 "INDIRECT QUESTION"

Fill the gaps.

1	"Where's the station?"
	"Can you tell me ___________________________________________ ?"
2	"Are you coming to the party?"
	"Can you let me know if ___________________________________________ ?"
3	"How does it work?"
	"Can you explain ___________________________________________ ?"
4	"What's the the matter?"
	Please tell me ___________________________________________ ."
5	"Where are you from?"
	"I'd like to know ___________________________________________ ."
6	"How long does it take to get there?"
	"Do you know ___________________________________________ ?"
7	"Has she reached a decision yet?"
	"Has she told you whether ___________________________________________ ?"
8	"What time are you leaving?"
	"Do you know ___________________________________________ ?"
9	"Does Annie know about computers?"
	"I wonder whether ___________________________________________ ."
10	"Excuse me. How do you get to the post office from here?"
	"Could you tell us ___________________________________________ ?"

EXERCISES 2 "INDIRECT QUESTION"

Choose the correct option.

1.   "What's the the matter?"
Please tell me _______________________ ."
a-what the matter is
b-what is the matter
c-what's the matter


 2.   "Could you lend me 50 Euros?"
"Is there any chance _______________________ ?"
 a-could you borrow me 50 Euros
b-you lend me 50 Euros
c-you could lend me 50 Euros


3.  "Could you take me to the airport?"
"Is there any chance _______________________ ?"
a- could you take me to the airport
b-you could take me to the airport
c- that you take me to the airport

4. "How long does it take to get there?"
"Do you know _______________________ ?"
a-how many time does it take to get there
b-how long it takes to get there
c-how long it take to get there

5.   "Are you coming to the party?"
"Can you let me know if _______________________ ?"
a-you are coming to the party
b-to come to the party
c- are you coming to the party

 6.   "How does it work?"
"Can you explain _______________________ ?"
a-how it work
b-how can it work
c-how it works

7.   "Where are you from?"
"I'd like to know _______________________ ."
a-where you are from
b-where are you from
c-where're you from


8.  "Excuse me. How do you get to the post office from here?"
"Could you tell us _______________________ ?"
a-how do you get to the post office
b-to get to the post office
c-how to get to the post office

9.  "Where's the station?"
"Can you tell me _______________________ ?"
a-where the station is
b-where is the station
c-where be the station

10.  "What are you doing?!"
"Do you have any idea _______________________ ?!"
 a-what you are doing
b-what are you doing
c-what you do

CAUSATIVE FORM

The causative form is used when we speak about a professional service which someone has done for us.

• She is having her typewriter repaired.

We make the causative form:

{subject}+{have}+{object}+{past participle}

• I had may hair cut
• She will have her house decorated
• They are having their garden landscaped
• He is going to have his car resprayed

We can use the same pattern to talk about an aften bad experience:

• She had her house burgled
• We had our money stolen
• We had our car vandalized

We can also use get instead of have but this is informal.

EXERCISES 1 "CAUSATIVE"

                                                                       Causative form

• He paints his shoes.                                 He .......his shoes ......
• He is mending his car.                              He .......his car ..........
• She wateres her garden.                           She ......her garden ....
• She was perming her hair.                        She.......her hair permed
• I will repair the roof.                                I...........the roof...........
• The manager has cleaned the windows.    The manager......the windows.....
• She has been taking photos.                     She.......photos..........
• You had ironed your T-shirt.                    You......your shirt......
• He had been decorating your house.         You......your house....
• He may send the parcel.                           You......the parcel......

EXERCISES 2 "CAUSATIVE"

• I´m going to have Mike ..... my computer to see what is wrong.

Look at ------- To look at

• One of my wisdom teeth really hurt, so i went to the dentist ....

To have it remove ------- To have it removed

• Are you going to ..... like this?

Allow him suffer ------- Let him suffer

• Jimmy is dead. The mafia boss ......

Had killed ------- Had him killed

• Julie will not ...... the boy from across the street.

Let her daughter marry ------- Let her daughter to marry 

• I had the ..... when i was renovating my apartment.

Wall to be knocked down ------- Wall knocked down

• I .... her and apologize.

Made him called ------- Made himm call

• I have .... many times.

Had my heart broken ------- Had muy heart broke

• The authorities .... as soon as they found out she was there ilegally.

Had her deported ------- Have her deport

• I ...... on my lower back.

Had tattoo done ------- Had a tattoo done

ALL/MOST/SOME/NONE OF

They are used on having referred to a group of things
for expample:

All cars have wheels.

Some people are very unfriendly

Most tourists don't visit this part of the town

None of this money is mine. 

->all/most/some of + plural pronoun is followed by a plural verb.
Most of us/you/them believe this is wrong.
->none of + plural pronoum is followed by singular verb.
none of us/you/them is prepared to make such a sacrifice.