'Yes / no' questions for tenses with inversion:
Verb Tense | Direct Question | Indirect Question |
Present simple with 'be' | Is he Spanish? | Can you tell me if he is Spanish? |
Present continuous | Is the restaurant closing now? | Can you tell me if the restaurant is closing now? |
Past simple with 'be' | Was he late for the meeting? | Can you tell me if he was late for the meeting? |
Past continuous | Were you watching TV at 3pm? | Can you tell me if you were watching TV at 3pm? |
Present perfect | Has Lucy been to Mexico? | Can you tell me if Lucy has been to Mexico? |
Present perfect continuous | Has she been living here long? | Can you tell me if she has been living here long? |
Past perfect | Had she found this job when she moved here? | Can you tell me if she had found this job when she moved here? |
Past perfect continuous | Had she been living here long when she met you? | Can you tell me if she had been living here long when she met you? |
Future simple with 'will' | Will she start her new job next week? | Can you tell me if she will start her new job next week? |
Future simple with 'going to' | Is it going to rain later? | Can you tell me if it is going to rain later? |
Future continuous | Will Lisa be meeting the boss later? | Can you tell me if Lisa will be meeting the boss later? |
Future perfect | Will he have finished the report by tonight? | Can you tell me if he will have finished the report by tonight? |
Future perfect continuous | Will he have been studying French for twenty years when he retires? | Can you tell me if he will have been studying French for twenty years when he retires? |
Modal verbs | Should we start now? | Can you tell me if we should start now? |
Verb Tense | Direct Question | Indirect Question |
Present simple with any verb except 'be' | Does David live in London? | Can you tell me if David lives in London? |
Past simple with any verb except 'be' | Did Amanda call John yesterday? | Can you tell me if Amanda called John yesterday? |
Verb Tense | Direct Question | Indirect Question |
Present simple with 'be' | Why is he unhappy? | Can you tell me why he is unhappy? |
Present continuous | When is the restaurant closing? | Can you tell me when the restaurant is closing? |
Past simple with 'be' | Why was he late for the meeting? | Can you tell me why he was late for the meeting? |
Past continuous | What were you doing at 3pm? | Can you tell me what you were doing at 3pm? |
Present perfect | Where has Lucy been? | Can you tell me where Lucy has been? |
Present perfect continuous | How long has she been living here? | Can you tell me how long she has been living here? |
Past perfect | Why had she quit her job before she moved here? | Can you tell me why she had quit her job before she moved here? |
Past perfect continuous | How long had she been living here when she met you? | Can you tell me how long she had been living here when she met you? |
Future simple with 'will' | When will she start her new job? | Can you tell me when she will start her new job? |
Future simple with 'going to' | When is it going to rain? | Can you tell me when it is going to rain? |
Future continuous | What time will Lisa be meeting the boss? | Can you tell me what time Lisa will be meeting the boss? |
Future perfect | When will he have finished the report? | Can you tell me when he will have finished the report? |
Future perfect continuous | How long will he have been studying French when he retires? | Can you tell me how long he will have been studying French when he retires? |
Modal verbs | What should we do now? | Can you tell me what we should do now? |
Verb Tense | Direct Question | Indirect Question |
Present simple with any verb except 'be' | Where does David live? | Can you tell me where David lives? |
Past simple with any verb except 'be' | Why did Amanda call John yesterday? | Can you tell me why Amanda called John yesterday? |
Try Indirect Questions Exercise 1 (with the present simple tense)here.
Try Indirect Questions Exercise 2 (with the past simple tense) here.
Try Indirect Questions Exercise 3 (with modal verbs) here.
taken from http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/indirect-questions.html
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