Hotel reservations

Indirect questions  

• When asking questions, it is often more polite to use an indirect form. 

         What time will you arrive? (indirect)
         Do you know what time you will arrive? ( Indirect)

• What do you notice about the word order and use of auxilary verds in indirect questions?

          Do you have any idea how long it takes?
         I was wandering if you couid arrange a bottle of champagne.
         Could you tell me how many people there are in the group?

• We can aiso use a past tense to make a question less direct:

          How much did you want to pay, sir? (= how much do you)