Indirect questions (or embedded questions) - for when you need to be polite

Indirect questions (often called embedded questions) are useful things to know. We often use them when we’re talking to strangers and we want to be polite. But the word order in indirect questions can be tricky. And that’s why we’re going to show you how to form them step by step. First we’ll look at the normal word order in questions in English and then we’ll look at indirect questions, explain how they’re different and show you lots of examples. Make sure you subscribe to this YouTube channel. Facebook Page: Twitter: @vickivideos To get notified by email when we publish a new video, sign up to our mailing list: Visit our website to see our videos with transcripts and much more: There you can get email updates on new videos and live classes and also download a free copy of ’Fix It’, a checklist for correcting common English mistakes
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