1. Ask your group mates one question to each answer. Ask for the underlined part.
a) I went on holiday with my parents.
b) The train station is in front of the supermarket.
c) I haven’t done my homework because I wasn’t feeling well.
d) My company is going to develop a new system next year.
e) I would like to study medicine in the future.
f) Yes, I really like watching comedies.
2. Make up dialogues with introductory phrases and pictures given below.
INTRODUCTORY PHRASES:
I wonder… Can you tell me…Do you know…Let me know… I was wondering…
Explain… Tell me… I’m not sure… Please tell me… I would like to know… Could you tell me… Do you have any idea…
3) Re-ask questions from exercise 1 using various introductory phrases.
4) Work in pairs. Ask each other indirect questions connected with given topics.
FUTURE
FREE TIME
SHOPPING
EDUCATION
WORK
TECHNOLOGY
ENTERTAINMENT
CHILDHOOD
5. Discuss: Can you give some examples of questions children ask? Do you know any questions which cannot be answered?
6. Watch the video and ask each other indirect questions
7. Imagine that you are a parent and your child asks you a lot of difficult questions. Try to answer the following questions.
Why are pizza boxes square when the pizza is round?
Does the President have to pay taxes?
Why do donuts have holes?
Why is the sea salty?
How does Santa Claus get down the chimney?
