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In this video, you will learn about direct and indirect questions. Direct questions, like "Do I need a lot of experience for this position?" or "How long have you worked in a bank?" are just regular questions that we ask to get information.
Indirect questions are another way of asking for information. Let’s take a look. You could say: “Do I need a lot of experience?” That’s a direct question. You could also say: “I was wondering if I need a lot of experience.” That’s an indirect question. It starts with “I was wondering …”
Here is another direct question: “How long have you worked in a bank?” You can also ask: “Could you tell me how long you have worked in the bank?” That’s an indirect question. Notice the phrase that introduces the question. In indirect questions, the structure of the question changes. Let’s take a look: “Do I need a lot of experience?” becomes “I was wondering if I need a lot of experience.” Or “What are your typical job duties?” changes into “Can you tell me what your typical job duties are?”
You see that in indirect questions we no longer use the question structure. Indirect questions may sound less demanding and more polite than direct questions; that’s why we often use them when speaking to people we don’t know well, or when asking for information or favours – just like we do in networking conversations.