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Part I Write The Words in The Correct Order To Complete The Questions and Statements

The document discusses embedded questions, which are questions used as part of other questions or statements. Embedded questions function as noun clauses. Indirect questions are questions used politely by embedding a question into another question. Embedded questions can also be used as subjects or objects in statements. The rules for forming embedded questions are to keep question words, use "if" or "whether" without a question word, use normal sentence grammar and word order, and end with a period instead of question mark. Examples are given of verbs that are often used with embedded questions like "wonder", "know", and "remember". Subject questions can also be embedded easily since their structure is already similar to a statement.

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Part I Write The Words in The Correct Order To Complete The Questions and Statements

The document discusses embedded questions, which are questions used as part of other questions or statements. Embedded questions function as noun clauses. Indirect questions are questions used politely by embedding a question into another question. Embedded questions can also be used as subjects or objects in statements. The rules for forming embedded questions are to keep question words, use "if" or "whether" without a question word, use normal sentence grammar and word order, and end with a period instead of question mark. Examples are given of verbs that are often used with embedded questions like "wonder", "know", and "remember". Subject questions can also be embedded easily since their structure is already similar to a statement.

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Sometimes we want to use a question as part of another question or a statement.

This is called an embedded


question.

1: We can use embedded questions as part of other questions. This is sometimes called an indirect question and
is often used to be polite.
 Normal question: Where is the station?
 Indirect question (that includes an embedded question): Could you tell me where the station is?
2: We can also use embedded questions as part of statements. The embedded question is a noun clause and can
be used in a similar way to a noun. For example, we can use it as the subject or the object of the main clause.
 Normal question: Where does she work?
 Embedded question in a statement: I don't know where she works. (Here 'where she works' is the object.)
 Normal question: Where does she work?
 Embedded question in a statement: Where she works is very far. (Here 'where she works' is the subject.)
Forming embedded questions
We use the same rules with embedded questions in statements as we do with embedded questions in indirect
questions.
1. If there is a question word, we keep it.
2. If there is no question word, we use 'if' or 'whether'.
3. We use normal sentence grammar (so we don't need 'do / does / did').
4. We use normal sentence word order (subject + verb, not the opposite).
5. We use a full stop and not a question mark at the end of the sentence.
Here are some examples of verbs that we often use with embedded questions:
 Wonder: I wonder why she said that.
 Know: They don't know what they're doing.
 Remember: We don't remember where the house is.
 Be sure: I'm not sure when we're going to arrive.
 Find out: Let's find out what time the show starts.
 Think about: She's thinking about how she's going to do it.
 Forget: I've forgotten why I started this.
Subject questions
If you start with a subject question, you don't need to change the grammar much, because it is already similar to
a statement.
Normal subject question: Who loves Julie?
 Embedded subject question: I don't know who loves Julie.
 Normal subject question: What happened?
 Embedded subject question: We are trying to find out what happened.

Part I Write the words in the correct order to complete the questions and statements.

1. (the problem / is / what) Do you have any idea_____________________________________________________ ?


2. (buy / a cheap cell phone / where / can / I)
Do you know ___________________________________________________________________________________ ?
3. (your laptop / how much / cost) Can you remember __________________________________________________ ?
4. (you / have / a computer virus / if ) I wonder ________________________________________________________ .
5. (are / there / cafés with free Internet / any / if / near here)
Do you know ___________________________________________________________________________________ ?
6. (should / our old computer / we / do / with / what)
I have no idea _____________________________________________________________________________ .
1) Where does she live?__________________________________________________________________________

2) What arrived in the mail? ______________________________________________________________________

3) How did they have the idea? ___________________________________________________________________

4) When is she working? _________________________________________________________________________

5) Why did he leave? ____________________________________________________________________________

6) Has she eaten? _______________________________________________________________________________

7) Have they found a flat? ________________________________________________________________________

8) Did the teacher go on the training course? _______________________________________________________

9) Did Julie like school? _________________________________________________________________________

10) Will David get a new job?____________________________________________________________________

Part II Complete the conversations using the information in the questions.


1. (Where can I plug in my laptop?)
A Do you know _____________________________________________________________________ .
B Sorry, I’m not sure _________________________________________________________________ .
2. (How do you turn down the volume?)
A Do you remember _________________________________________________________________ ?
B Sorry. I have no idea _______________________________________________________________ .
3. (Where can I throw away these batteries?)
A Do you know ______________________________________________________________________ ?
B Yeah, I can show you _______________________________________________________________ .

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