[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":454},["ShallowReactive",2],{"en-game-indirect-questions-game":3},{"slug":4,"type":5,"mechanic":6,"topic":7,"published":8,"updated_at":9,"related_exercise":10,"levels":11,"seo":13,"settings":18,"questions":22,"content":363,"related_games":420,"available_locales":421,"course":423},"indirect-questions-game","grammar-game","speed-round","indirect-questions",true,"2026-10-10","\u002Fgrammar\u002Findirect-questions-exercises",[12],"B1",{"title":14,"meta_description":15,"h1":16,"subtitle":17},"Indirect Questions Game | FluencyRoad","Play a free indirect questions game. Practise polite questions, embedded word order, if and whether with instant feedback.","Indirect Questions Game","Ask politely without reversing the words inside the question.",{"questions_per_round":19,"lives":20,"seconds_per_question":21},12,3,15,[23,35,43,48,58,64,70,80,86,90,99,105,110,119,124,129,138,149,155,160,169,175,179,188,193,198,208,213,218,227,232,236,245,256,265,270,279,288,292,301,310,314,323,332,336,345,354,358],{"id":24,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":27,"options":28,"answer":29,"rule":33,"tag":34},"iq-001","easy","multiple-choice","Could you tell me ___?",[29,30,31,32],"where the station is","where is the station","where does the station","where the station","Inside the question, use subject + verb: the station is.","word-order",{"id":36,"difficulty":25,"format":37,"prompt":38,"answer":39,"rule":41,"tag":42},"iq-002","gap-fill","Do you know ___ the bank is? (where)",[40],"where","Use the question word where before the subject the bank.","question-word",{"id":44,"difficulty":25,"format":45,"prompt":46,"answer":8,"rule":47,"tag":34},"iq-003","right-or-wrong","Can you tell me where the library is?","The embedded part uses statement word order: the library is.",{"id":49,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":50,"options":51,"answer":52,"rule":56,"tag":57},"iq-004","Do you know ___?",[52,53,54,55],"what time the train leaves","what time does the train leave","what time leaves the train","what time the train leave","After what time, use the train leaves without does.","do-support",{"id":59,"difficulty":25,"format":37,"prompt":60,"answer":61,"rule":63,"tag":42},"iq-005","Could you tell me ___ the shop closes? (when)",[62],"when","When introduces the embedded question.",{"id":65,"difficulty":25,"format":45,"prompt":66,"answer":67,"correction":68,"rule":69,"tag":57},"iq-006","Do you know where does she live?",false,"Do you know where she lives?","Drop does and use subject + verb inside the question.",{"id":71,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":72,"options":73,"answer":74,"rule":78,"tag":79},"iq-007","Is the café open? Ask indirectly.",[74,75,76,77],"Do you know if the café is open?","Do you know is the café open?","Do you know if is the café open?","Do you know the café if open?","A yes\u002Fno question takes if + statement word order.","if-whether",{"id":81,"difficulty":25,"format":37,"prompt":82,"answer":83,"rule":85,"tag":79},"iq-008","Do you know ___ the museum is open? (if)",[84],"if","If introduces an embedded yes\u002Fno question.",{"id":87,"difficulty":25,"format":45,"prompt":88,"answer":8,"rule":89,"tag":79},"iq-009","Could you tell me if the bus stops here?","If introduces the yes\u002Fno question; the bus stops keeps statement order.",{"id":91,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":92,"options":93,"answer":94,"rule":98,"tag":34},"iq-010","Where is the post office? Choose a polite question.",[94,95,96,97],"Could you tell me where the post office is?","Could you tell me where is the post office?","Could you tell me where does the post office?","Could you tell me where the post office?","Move is after the subject inside the embedded question.",{"id":100,"difficulty":25,"format":37,"prompt":101,"answer":102,"rule":104,"tag":42},"iq-011","Can you tell me ___ the ticket costs? (how much)",[103],"how much","How much asks about the price; the ticket costs stays in statement order.",{"id":106,"difficulty":25,"format":45,"prompt":107,"answer":8,"rule":108,"tag":109},"iq-012","I know where the keys are.","This is a statement with an embedded question, so it ends with a full stop.","punctuation",{"id":111,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":112,"options":113,"answer":114,"rule":118,"tag":57},"iq-013","When does the film start? Ask indirectly.",[114,115,116,117],"Do you know when the film starts?","Do you know when does the film start?","Do you know when starts the film?","Do you know when the film start?","Drop does and add -s to starts.",{"id":120,"difficulty":25,"format":37,"prompt":121,"answer":122,"rule":123,"tag":42},"iq-014","Could you tell me ___ this road goes? (where)",[40],"Where introduces the embedded question; this road goes is statement order.",{"id":125,"difficulty":25,"format":45,"prompt":126,"answer":67,"correction":127,"rule":128,"tag":34},"iq-015","Can you tell me what time is it?","Can you tell me what time it is?","Use it is, not is it, inside an indirect question.",{"id":130,"difficulty":25,"format":26,"prompt":131,"options":132,"answer":133,"rule":137,"tag":79},"iq-016","Will the library be open tomorrow? Ask indirectly.",[133,134,135,136],"Do you know if the library will be open tomorrow?","Do you know if will the library be open tomorrow?","Do you know will the library be open tomorrow?","Do you know if the library be open tomorrow?","Use if, then subject + will + verb.",{"id":139,"difficulty":140,"format":26,"prompt":141,"options":142,"answer":143,"rule":147,"tag":148},"iq-017","medium","When did the guests leave? Choose the indirect question.",[143,144,145,146],"Could you tell me when the guests left?","Could you tell me when did the guests leave?","Could you tell me when the guests leave yesterday?","Could you tell me when left the guests?","Keep past meaning but drop did inside the question.","past",{"id":150,"difficulty":140,"format":37,"prompt":151,"answer":152,"rule":154,"tag":42},"iq-018","I wonder ___ she left early. (why)",[153],"why","Why introduces the embedded question in a statement.",{"id":156,"difficulty":140,"format":45,"prompt":157,"answer":67,"correction":158,"rule":159,"tag":34},"iq-019","I wonder why did she leave early.","I wonder why she left early.","A statement with an embedded question keeps subject + verb order.",{"id":161,"difficulty":140,"format":26,"prompt":162,"options":163,"answer":164,"rule":168,"tag":79},"iq-020","Did they receive the email? Choose the neutral indirect question, without emphasis.",[164,165,166,167],"Do you know whether they received the email?","Do you know whether did they receive the email?","Do you know whether they receive the email yesterday?","Do you know did they receive the email?","Whether introduces yes\u002Fno content; drop did and keep the past tense.",{"id":170,"difficulty":140,"format":37,"prompt":171,"answer":172,"rule":174,"tag":79},"iq-021","Could you tell me ___ the meeting has started? (whether)",[173],"whether","Whether introduces an embedded yes\u002Fno question; has stays after the subject.",{"id":176,"difficulty":140,"format":45,"prompt":177,"answer":8,"rule":178,"tag":79},"iq-022","Do you know whether the train has arrived?","Whether + the train has arrived has statement word order.",{"id":180,"difficulty":140,"format":26,"prompt":181,"options":182,"answer":183,"rule":187,"tag":34},"iq-023","How long have you lived here? Choose an indirect question.",[183,184,185,186],"Could you tell me how long you have lived here?","Could you tell me how long have you lived here?","Could you tell me how long you lived here have?","Could you tell me how long have lived you here?","In the embedded part, use you have, not have you.",{"id":189,"difficulty":140,"format":37,"prompt":190,"answer":191,"rule":192,"tag":42},"iq-024","Do you know ___ the manager will arrive? (when)",[62],"When introduces the embedded question, followed by the manager will arrive.",{"id":194,"difficulty":140,"format":45,"prompt":195,"answer":67,"correction":196,"rule":197,"tag":34},"iq-025","Can you tell me if will the shop open on Sunday?","Can you tell me if the shop will open on Sunday?","After if, place the subject before will.",{"id":199,"difficulty":140,"format":26,"prompt":200,"options":201,"answer":202,"rule":206,"tag":207},"iq-026","Where can I buy a ticket? Choose the indirect question.",[202,203,204,205],"Could you tell me where I can buy a ticket?","Could you tell me where can I buy a ticket?","Could you tell me where I buy can a ticket?","Could you tell me where can buy I a ticket?","Use I can inside the embedded question.","modal",{"id":209,"difficulty":140,"format":37,"prompt":210,"answer":211,"rule":212,"tag":79},"iq-027","She asked ___ the bus would stop there. (if)",[84],"If introduces the embedded yes\u002Fno question in a statement.",{"id":214,"difficulty":140,"format":45,"prompt":215,"answer":67,"correction":216,"rule":217,"tag":57},"iq-028","I know when does the concert begin.","I know when the concert begins.","Drop does inside the embedded question.",{"id":219,"difficulty":140,"format":26,"prompt":220,"options":221,"answer":222,"rule":226,"tag":109},"iq-029","Which sentence is a statement, so it ends with a full stop?",[222,223,224,225],"I wonder where the train is.","Do you know where the train is?","Could you tell me where the train is?","Can you tell me where the train is?","I wonder makes a statement; the other openings ask a question.",{"id":228,"difficulty":140,"format":37,"prompt":229,"answer":230,"rule":231,"tag":148},"iq-030","Could you tell me ___ the parcel arrived? (when)",[62],"When introduces a past embedded question; arrived remains past.",{"id":233,"difficulty":140,"format":45,"prompt":234,"answer":8,"rule":235,"tag":34},"iq-031","Could you tell me why the road is closed?","Why the road is closed keeps statement word order.",{"id":237,"difficulty":140,"format":26,"prompt":238,"options":239,"answer":240,"rule":244,"tag":79},"iq-032","Is there a lift? Choose a polite indirect question.",[240,241,242,243],"Could you tell me if there is a lift?","Could you tell me if is there a lift?","Could you tell me there is a lift?","Could you tell me whether is a lift there?","Use if + there is for an embedded yes\u002Fno question.",{"id":246,"difficulty":247,"format":26,"prompt":248,"options":249,"answer":250,"rule":254,"tag":255},"iq-033","hard","A visitor asks where the museum is and whether it is open. Choose the natural pair.",[250,251,252,253],"Could you tell me where the museum is and whether it is open?","Could you tell me where is the museum and whether is it open?","Could you tell me where the museum is and whether is it open?","Could you tell me where is the museum and whether it is open?","Both embedded clauses use statement order; whether introduces yes\u002Fno content.","combined",{"id":257,"difficulty":247,"format":26,"prompt":258,"options":259,"answer":260,"rule":264,"tag":255},"iq-034","You need the shop's opening time and whether it opens on Sundays. Choose one polite request for both facts.",[260,261,262,263],"Could you tell me when the shop opens and whether it opens on Sundays?","Could you tell me when does the shop open and whether it opens on Sundays?","Could you tell me when the shop opens and whether does it open on Sundays?","Could you tell me when does the shop open and whether does it open on Sundays?","Both embedded clauses use statement order; whether introduces the yes\u002Fno part.",{"id":266,"difficulty":247,"format":45,"prompt":267,"answer":67,"correction":268,"rule":269,"tag":255},"iq-035","I wonder where the manager is and when will she return.","I wonder where the manager is and when she will return.","Both embedded clauses need statement order, including she will return.",{"id":271,"difficulty":247,"format":26,"prompt":272,"options":273,"answer":274,"rule":278,"tag":148},"iq-036","The direct question is 'Why didn't the driver stop?' Choose a polite request with the same past meaning.",[274,275,276,277],"Could you tell me why the driver didn't stop?","Could you tell me why didn't the driver stop?","Could you tell me why the driver doesn't stop?","Could you tell me why did the driver not stop?","Keep the past negative meaning and use subject before the verb inside the question.",{"id":280,"difficulty":247,"format":26,"prompt":281,"options":282,"answer":283,"rule":287,"tag":255},"iq-037","You know the ticket price but need to ask whether students get a discount and when it applies. Choose the correct request.",[283,284,285,286],"Could you tell me if students get a discount and when it applies?","Could you tell me if do students get a discount and when it applies?","Could you tell me if students get a discount and when does it apply?","Could you tell me do students get a discount and when does it apply?","Use if for the yes\u002Fno part and statement order in both clauses.",{"id":289,"difficulty":247,"format":45,"prompt":290,"answer":8,"rule":291,"tag":255},"iq-038","Could you tell me where the conference will be held and when it starts?","Each embedded clause keeps subject before verb or auxiliary.",{"id":293,"difficulty":247,"format":26,"prompt":294,"options":295,"answer":296,"rule":300,"tag":255},"iq-039","She needs the time and the platform. Which request asks for both naturally?",[296,297,298,299],"Could you tell me when the train leaves and which platform it leaves from?","Could you tell me when does the train leave and which platform it leaves from?","Could you tell me when the train leaves and which platform does it leave from?","Could you tell me when leaves the train and from which platform does it leave?","Both embedded clauses need subject + verb order.",{"id":302,"difficulty":247,"format":26,"prompt":303,"options":304,"answer":305,"rule":309,"tag":255},"iq-040","Yesterday the train was late. You need its arrival time and the cause of the delay. Choose a question for both facts.",[305,306,307,308],"Do you know when it arrived and why it was delayed?","Do you know when did it arrive and why it was delayed?","Do you know when it arrived and why was it delayed?","Do you know when did it arrive and why was it delayed?","Both past embedded clauses keep statement word order.",{"id":311,"difficulty":247,"format":45,"prompt":312,"answer":8,"rule":313,"tag":255},"iq-041","Do you know if the form was sent and whether the office received it?","Both embedded yes\u002Fno clauses use subject + verb order.",{"id":315,"difficulty":247,"format":26,"prompt":316,"options":317,"answer":318,"rule":322,"tag":255},"iq-042","The speaker wants to ask whether the report is ready, then when it will be sent. Choose the correct sentence.",[318,319,320,321],"Could you tell me whether the report is ready and when it will be sent?","Could you tell me whether is the report ready and when it will be sent?","Could you tell me whether the report is ready and when will it be sent?","Could you tell me whether is the report ready and when will it be sent?","Use statement word order in both embedded questions.",{"id":324,"difficulty":247,"format":26,"prompt":325,"options":326,"answer":327,"rule":331,"tag":255},"iq-043","You need the exhibition's location, closing time, and whether entry is free. Choose a polite question for all three.",[327,328,329,330],"Could you tell me where the exhibition is, when it closes, and whether entry is free?","Could you tell me where is the exhibition, when it closes, and whether entry is free?","Could you tell me where the exhibition is, when does it close, and whether entry is free?","Could you tell me where the exhibition is, when it closes, and whether is entry free?","Each embedded clause uses subject before verb; whether introduces the yes\u002Fno part.",{"id":333,"difficulty":247,"format":45,"prompt":334,"answer":8,"rule":335,"tag":255},"iq-044","I wonder if the bus has left and how long it takes to reach the station.","If introduces yes\u002Fno content; how long introduces the second embedded question.",{"id":337,"difficulty":247,"format":26,"prompt":338,"options":339,"answer":340,"rule":344,"tag":255},"iq-045","A colleague asks: 'Did the client sign, and when did they send the form?' Choose the indirect version.",[340,341,342,343],"Do you know if the client signed and when they sent the form?","Do you know did the client sign and when did they send the form?","Do you know if did the client sign and when they sent the form?","Do you know if the client signed and when did they send the form?","Use if for the yes\u002Fno part and statement word order in both embedded parts.",{"id":346,"difficulty":247,"format":26,"prompt":347,"options":348,"answer":349,"rule":353,"tag":255},"iq-046","You know the journey takes an hour. Ask for the fare and whether the last train stops here.",[349,350,351,352],"Could you tell me how much the fare is and if the last train stops here?","Could you tell me how much is the fare and if the last train stops here?","Could you tell me how much the fare is and if does the last train stop here?","Could you tell me how much is the fare and if does the last train stop here?","Use statement order after both how much and if.",{"id":355,"difficulty":247,"format":45,"prompt":356,"answer":8,"rule":357,"tag":255},"iq-047","Could you tell me why the office closed and whether it will reopen?","Both clauses use statement order; whether introduces the second yes\u002Fno clause.",{"id":359,"difficulty":247,"format":45,"prompt":360,"answer":67,"correction":361,"rule":362,"tag":255},"iq-048","I wonder whether the plane has landed and where are the passengers now.","I wonder whether the plane has landed and where the passengers are now.","The second embedded clause also needs subject + verb order.",{"how_to_play":364,"rule_intro":368,"rule_sections":369,"faq":400,"related_exercise_label":419},[365,366,367],"Choose Practice for an untimed round, or Challenge for twelve timed questions and three lives.","Practice lets you choose a difficulty; Challenge mixes all three levels.","Read each correction and continue with the related exercise.","An indirect question places a question inside an opening such as Could you tell me. The embedded part has statement word order. For yes\u002Fno questions, use if or whether.",[370,380,390],{"heading":371,"body":372,"examples":373},"Keep statement word order","After the question word, put the subject before the verb. The outer sentence can still ask a question.",[374,377],{"sentence":375,"note":376},"Could you tell me where the bank is?","Inside: the bank is.",{"sentence":378,"note":379},"I wonder why she left.","Inside: she left.",{"heading":381,"body":382,"examples":383},"Drop do and keep the tense","When a direct question uses do, does or did, remove it from the embedded part and put the main verb in its correct tense.",[384,387],{"sentence":385,"note":386},"Do you know when the shop closes?","No does inside the question.",{"sentence":388,"note":389},"Could you tell me when they arrived?","The past meaning stays past.",{"heading":391,"body":392,"examples":393},"Ask yes\u002Fno questions with if or whether","If and whether introduce an embedded yes\u002Fno question. Keep statement order after either word.",[394,397],{"sentence":395,"note":396},"Do you know if the museum is open?","If introduces the yes\u002Fno part.",{"sentence":398,"note":399},"Could you tell me whether the bus has left?","Whether is also possible.",[401,404,407,410,413,416],{"question":402,"answer":403},"Is this indirect questions game free?","Yes. Practice and Challenge are free without an account.",{"question":405,"answer":406},"Why is it where the station is, not where is the station?","Inside an indirect question, use statement word order: subject before verb.",{"question":408,"answer":409},"When do I use if or whether?","Use either word to introduce an embedded yes\u002Fno question.",{"question":411,"answer":412},"Do I keep did in an indirect question?","Usually no. Remove did and put the main verb in the past tense.",{"question":414,"answer":415},"Can I use this game in class?","Yes. 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