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Open Tag Indirect

 Demands

a yes/no answer Pattern: auxiliary verb + S + Aux verbs: be, do, have, modals Final intonation: rising

Are you from Malang?

 Asking

for information Pattern: Question word + Aux V + S + Which: to ask about one of a limited number of things Whose: to ask about possession. How to ask about the way in which something is done Final intonation: falling

Where are you from?

 Object

questions: with which, who(m), what,

whose Pattern: question word (+N) + aux v + S

What did you have for breakfast today? Which TV program did you see last night?

Subject questions: with which, who, what, whose Pattern: question word (+N) + aux v + S Exception: questions with do + verb

Who did build this building? (X) Who built this building? ()

 Used

at the end of a positive/negative statement Intonations: rising (a real question), falling (not a real question) Examples:

You're from Malang, aren't you? You're not from Malang, are you? You can sing, can't you? He eats meat, doesn't he?

 adding

please to make a question more

polite, Do you know what time the meeting is? = What time is the meeting, please? Other ways of starting indirect questions:

Would you mind telling me Can you tell me... Have you any idea what ....