!Tell me abut it

Question words

Look at the following question.
Notice that What, Which, and Whose combine with a noun and How can combine with an adjective or adverb.

What kind of music do you like?
What size shoe do you wear?
What colour are your eyes?
Which pen do you want?
Which way is it to the station?
Whose book is this?
How much do you weigh?
How many brothers and sisters do you have?
How many times have you been on a plane?
How much homework do you get every night?
How tall are you?
How often do you go to the dentist?
How long does it take you to get to school?

Indirect Questions
1)Indirect questions have the same word order as the positive and there is no do/dose/did.
Tom lives in England.
Do you know where Tom lives?
NOT: Do you know where does Tom live?
2)We often make direct questions into indirect questions to make them sound softer or more polite.
Direct Question
What time do the banks open?

Indirect question
Could you tell me
Do you know
Do you happen to know what time the bank open?
Have you any idea
Do you remember
Would you mind telling me
If there is no question word, use if or whether.
I don t know if I m coming or not.
I wonder whether it s going to rain.

Here are some expressions that introduce indirect questions:
I don t know
I wonder
I can t remember how long the journey takes.
I have no idea
I d like to know
I m not sure