INDIRECT QUESTIONS
Indirect questions are questions set within another clause. The frame clause can be either an affirmative statement or a question itself. The indirect question changes word order - it has to change back into an affirmative statement.
She was crying. - affirmative word order, subject before the auxiliary verb
Was she crying? - question word order, auxiliary verb before the subject
I don't care if she was crying. - frame clause is a statement, in the indirect question the subject is before the auxiliary again
Do you know why she was crying? - frame clause is a question, in the indirect question the subject is before the auxiliary again
The linking word between the frame clause and the indirect question is IF before yes/no type questions and the WH- question word (who, what, where, when, why, whose, which, etc.) before the WH-questions.
Indirect questions are questions set within another clause. The frame clause can be either an affirmative statement or a question itself. The indirect question changes word order - it has to change back into an affirmative statement.
She was crying. - affirmative word order, subject before the auxiliary verb
Was she crying? - question word order, auxiliary verb before the subject
I don't care if she was crying. - frame clause is a statement, in the indirect question the subject is before the auxiliary again
Do you know why she was crying? - frame clause is a question, in the indirect question the subject is before the auxiliary again
The linking word between the frame clause and the indirect question is IF before yes/no type questions and the WH- question word (who, what, where, when, why, whose, which, etc.) before the WH-questions.