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Módulo 05 - Aula 10_ Perguntas Indiretas

The document explains the use of indirect questions, emphasizing their formal nature and structure compared to direct questions. It provides examples of both types of questions and highlights common phrases used to form indirect questions. Additionally, it includes exercises for practicing the formation of indirect questions and answering them appropriately.

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Módulo 05 - Aula 10_ Perguntas Indiretas

The document explains the use of indirect questions, emphasizing their formal nature and structure compared to direct questions. It provides examples of both types of questions and highlights common phrases used to form indirect questions. Additionally, it includes exercises for practicing the formation of indirect questions and answering them appropriately.

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Part 01 - Indirect Questions

Geralmente usamos perguntas indiretas com um


certo grau de formalidade, quando não conhecemos a
pessoa a qual fazemos uma pergunta ou ainda
quando achamos que a pergunta possa ser indiscreta
ou inconveniente ao interlocutor.

Direct Question: Where is Dora? (Onde está a


Dora?)

Indirect Question: Do you know where Dora is?


(Você sabe onde a Dora está?)

NOT Do you know where is Dora?

Na pergunta indireta acima, a pergunta na verdade é


somente a primeira parte: Do you know...?

A segunda parte “where Dora is” é somente o


complemento da pergunta e por isso vem na
estrutura de uma frase afirmativa e não invertida
como na estrutura de um pergunta em si.

As perguntas indiretas mais comuns começam com:

• Do you know...? / Do you think...? / Can you tell


me...? / Could you tell me...?

DQ: Should I wear jeans or shorts?


(Eu devo vestir jeans ou bermudas?)

IQ: Do you think I should wear jeans or shorts?


(Você acha que eu devo vestir jeans ou bermudas?)

NOT Do you think should I wear jeans or shorts?

DQ: What are they doing?


(Que eles estão fazendo?)

IQ: Can you tell me what they are doing?


(Você pode me dizer o que eles estão fazendo?)

NOT Can you tell me what are they doing?

DQ: Who were you talking to when I saw you?


(Com quem você estava falando quando eu te vi?)
IQ: Could you tell me who you were talking to when I
saw you?
(Você poderia me dizer com quem você estava
falando?)

NOT Could you tell me who were you talking...?

Outras perguntas indiretas:

DQ: When do they go to the gym?


(Quando eles vão na academia?)

IQ: Please tell me when they go to the gym.


(Por favor me diga quando eles vão na academia.)

NOT Please tell me when do they go to the gym.

DQ: Does Kevin eat meat?


(O Kevin come carne?)

IQ: I would like to know if Kevin eats meat.


(Eu gostaria de saber se o Kevin come carne.)

NOT I would like to know if does Kevin eat meat.

DQ: Did we win the game?


(Nós vencemos o jogo?)

IQ: I need to ask you if we won the game.


(Eu preciso perguntá-lo se nós vencemos o jogo.)

NOT I need to ask you if did we win the game.


DQ: Can you help me?
(Você pode me ajudar?)

IQ: I wonder if you can help me.


(Eu me pergunto se você pode me ajudar.)

NOT I wonder if can you help me.

DQ: Could you do me a favor?


(Você poderia me fazer um favor?)

IQ: I was wondering if you could do me a favor.


(Eu estava me perguntando se você poderia me fazer
um favor.)

NOT I was wondering if could you do me a favor.

Do you think we can practice now?

Model: What’s your name?

Could you tell me what your


name is?

1) How old are you?

Can you tell me


?

2) Where does she live?

Do you know ?
3) Can he speak English?

Do you think ?

4) What time is it?

Please tell me .

5) Did you come here yesterday?

I was wondering .

6) When should I visit you?

I would like to know .

Homework

a) Make indirect questions.

1. (How do airplanes fly?) Do you know how


airplanes fly?
2. (Where does Sarah live?) Do you know
?

3. (What did Paul say?) Do you remember


?
4. (Did he go home early last night?) Do you think
?

5. (What time does the meeting start?) Can you tell


me ?

6. (When will you get married?) Could you tell me


?

7. (Do they have a car?) Do you know if


?

8. (Are they sisters?) Do you think


?

9. (Does Sam know Bob?) Do you know if


?

10. (Should Gail come here tomorrow?) Do you think


?

b) Answer these questions with “I don't know


where/when/why ... etc.“

1. Are your friends going home? (where) I don't


know where they are going.
2. Is Kelly in her bedroom? (where) I don’t know
.

3. Is that building very old? (how old)


.
4. Will Chris be here soon? (when)
.

5. Was she angry because I got late? (why)


.

6. Did Matt work there a long time? (how long)


.

c) Which is right?

1. Do you know what time is it /it is ?

2. Why are you / you are working so hard?

3. I don't know where are they / they are


going to have dinner.

4. Can you tell me where is the bank / the bank


is ?

5. Where do you want / you want to go on


your vacation?

6. Do you know what do elephants eat /


elephants eat ?

7. I don't know how far is it / it is from the


hotel to the city center.

d) Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.

1. Do you know why the train was late?

2. Do you know what time


?

3. Excuse me, can you tell me where


?

4. I don't know what


?

5. Do you know if
?

6. Do you know how much


?

Homework – Answer Key


a) Make indirect questions.

1. (How do airplanes fly?) Do you know how


airplanes fly?

2. (Where does Sarah live?) Do you know where


Sarah lives?

3. (What did Paul say?) Do you remember what Paul


said?

4. (Did he go home early last night?) Do you think he


went home early last night?

5. (What time does the meeting start?) Can you tell


me what time the meeting starts?

6. (When will you get married?) Could you tell me


when you will get married?
7. (Do they have a car?) Do you know if they have a
car?

8. (Are they sisters?) Do you think they are sisters?

9. (Does Sam know Bob?) Do you know if Sam knows


Bob?

10. (Should Gail come here tomorrow?) Do you think


Gail should come here tomorrow?

b) Answer these questions with “I don't know


where/when/why ... etc. “

1. Are your friends going home? (where) I don't know


where they are going.

2. Is Kelly in her bedroom? (where) I don’t know


where Kelly is.

3. Is that building very old? (how old) I don’t know


how old that building is.

4. Will Chris be here soon? (when) I don’t know when


Chris will be here.

5. Was she angry because I got late? (why) I don’t


know why she was angry.

6. Did Matt work there a long time? (how long) I


don’t know how long Matt worked there.

c) Which is right?
1. Do you know what time is it/it is?

2. Why are you/you are working so hard?

3. I don't know where are they/they are going to have


dinner.

4. Can you tell me where is the bank/the bank is?

5. Where do you want/you want to go on your


vacation?

6. Do you know what do elephants eat/elephants eat?

7. I don't know how far is it/it is from the hotel to the


city center.

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