BULATS Speaking- Indirect Questions

Indirect questions for BULATS Speaking

Including describing objects and using synonyms

Match pairs of questions below which mean the same thing.

1. Finally, can you tell me what after sales service there is?

 

2. My first question is how much it costs.

 

3. Before we finish, I have one additional question. Is it ecologically friendly?

 

4. Next, would you mind telling me what the payment terms are?

 

5. To start with, I need to know how heavy it is.

 

6. Firstly, please tell me what its dimensions are.

 

7. Can I ask for some more information on that point? How long is the guarantee for?

 

8. I’d also like to know what it looks like.

 

9. I also have a question about its appearance.

 

10. First off, could you tell me its size?

 

11. Can you give me some additional information about how green it is?

 

12. First, can you tell me what the price would be?

 

13. First of all, I’d like to ask how much it weighs.

 

14. Could I also ask what amount of electricity it will use?

 

15. The next thing I would like to know is its power consumption.

 

16. Last of all, I have a question about what support there will be after I purchase it.

 

17. I do have just one more question. Is there a warrantee?

 

18. My second question is how long we have to pay.

 

Try to think of examples of these things, then look above:

• Phrases for starting indirect questions
• Phrases for starting first questions
• Phrases for starting second questions
• Phrases for starting final questions
• Phrases for starting additional questions
• Synonyms in the pairs of questions with the same meanings

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Suggested answers

Synonyms are in bold.

Your first question

My first question is how much it costs. = First, can you tell me what the price would be?

First of all, I’d like to ask how much it weighs. = To start with, I need to know how heavy it is.

First off, could you tell me its size? = Firstly, please tell me what its dimensions are.

Your second question

I’d also like to know what it looks like. = I also have a question about its appearance.

My second question is how long we have to pay. = Next, would you mind telling me what the payment terms are?

Could I also ask what amount of electricity it will use? = The next thing I would like to know is its power consumption.

The last of the three questions on the list

Last of all, I have a question about what support there will be after I purchase it. = Finally, can you tell me what after sales service there is?

Additional questions

I do have just one more question. Is there a warrantee? = Can I ask for some more information on that point? How long is the guarantee for?

Before we finish, I have one additional question. Is it ecologically friendly? = Can you give me some additional information about how green it is?

Test each other on the questions above:

• Say one and see if your partner can say another indirect question with the same meaning, changing the wording as much as possible
• Change one into a direct question like “How long do we have to pay?” and see if your partner can change it into a suitable indirect question