Hello and welcome to Six Minute Grammar with me, Catherine.
And me, Rob.
Hello.
And today we're talking about indirect questions.
That's right, indirect questions.
We'll tell you what they are, how to make them and when to use them.
And there'll be a quiz at the end of the show, so listen carefully.
Let's start with a simple question.
Catherine, what time is it?
It is 18 minutes past 11, Rob.
Goodness, already.
Yeah.
And that question uses normal question word order.
What time is it?
But there's another way to ask that question.
Let's listen to Mike.
Could you tell me what time it is?
Yes, it's still 18 minutes past 11.
Thank you, Mike.
This is a much more polite way of asking a question.