Indirect Questions – English Grammar Test for B2
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2 I wonder what does this word mean.
3 Can you tell me where can I buy a ticket?
4 She asked me why did I come late.
5 Could you tell me what time does the train leave?
6 He wanted to know where was I going.
7 Do you know if is she coming tonight?
8 I don’t remember what did he say.
9 Can you tell me when will they arrive?
10 She asked me that where I lived.
11 I wonder what is he doing now.
12 Could you tell me how does this machine work?
13 He asked me when does the film start.
14 I’d like to know where did she park her car.
15 Do you know if does she work here?
16 I don’t know why was she angry.
17 Can you tell me who did call you last night?
18 She asked me what is my name.
19 I wonder that where the bus stop is.
20 Could you tell me what means this word?
21 He asked me if had I finished the report.
22 Do you know where did they go last week?
23 Can you tell me how many time it takes?
24 She asked me what did I do for a living.
25 I wonder if does he like this movie.
26 Do you know when will we have lunch?
27 Could you tell me where is the nearest bank?
28 He asked me who did break the window.
29 I don’t know what are they doing.
30 Can you tell me where is she from?
Answer
1 ✅ Do you know where the restaurant is?
→ No inversion after Do you know...
2 ✅ I wonder what this word means.
→ Remove inversion; normal word order.
3 ✅ Can you tell me where I can buy a ticket?
→ Indirect → subject + verb, not verb + subject.
4 ✅ She asked me why I came late.
→ Indirect → why + subject + verb (no did).
5 ✅ Could you tell me what time the train leaves?
→ No inversion; verb follows subject.
6 ✅ He wanted to know where I was going.
→ No inversion after wanted to know.
7 ✅ Do you know if she is coming tonight?
→ Yes/No question → if + subject + verb.
8 ✅ I don’t remember what he said.
→ No did; normal statement order.
9 ✅ Can you tell me when they will arrive?
→ Keep subject + verb order.
10 ✅ She asked me where I lived.
→ Remove that before where.
11 ✅ I wonder what he is doing now.
→ Indirect → subject + verb.
12 ✅ Could you tell me how this machine works?
→ No inversion after Could you tell me...
13 ✅ He asked me when the film started.
→ Backshifted tense; no does.
14 ✅ I’d like to know where she parked her car.
→ Indirect → subject + verb order.
15 ✅ Do you know if she works here?
→ No does in indirect question.
16 ✅ I don’t know why she was angry.
→ No inversion; indirect order.
17 ✅ Can you tell me who called you last night?
→ Subject question → no auxiliary did.
18 ✅ She asked me what my name was.
→ Indirect → no inversion; backshift is → was.
19 ✅ I wonder where the bus stop is.
→ Remove that and use normal order.
20 ✅ Could you tell me what this word means?
→ Present simple; subject + verb.
21 ✅ He asked me if I had finished the report.
→ Subject precedes auxiliary.
22 ✅ Do you know where they went last week?
→ Indirect → no did or inversion.
23 ✅ Can you tell me how much time it takes?
→ Expression: how much time, not how many time.
24 ✅ She asked me what I did for a living.
→ Indirect: no did after asked me.
25 ✅ I wonder if he likes this movie.
→ Remove does in indirect form.
26 ✅ Do you know when we will have lunch?
→ Subject before verb; no inversion.
27 ✅ Could you tell me where the nearest bank is?
→ Indirect → subject + verb.
28 ✅ He asked me who broke the window.
→ Subject question → no did.
29 ✅ I don’t know what they are doing.
→ Indirect: no inversion.
30 ✅ Can you tell me where she is from?
→ Correct order → subject + verb.