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Embedded Questions: Do You Know ? I Don't Know Can You Tell Me ? Could You Tell Me ? Do You Have Any Idea ?

This document discusses embedded questions, which are questions contained within another statement or question. It provides examples of direct questions versus indirect embedded questions using different question words like where and what. It also lists common phrases used to ask embedded questions like "Do you know..." and "Can you tell me...". Finally, it outlines rules for changing direct questions to indirect embedded questions, such as dropping auxiliary verbs and changing the verb tense accordingly.

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Embedded Questions: Do You Know ? I Don't Know Can You Tell Me ? Could You Tell Me ? Do You Have Any Idea ?

This document discusses embedded questions, which are questions contained within another statement or question. It provides examples of direct questions versus indirect embedded questions using different question words like where and what. It also lists common phrases used to ask embedded questions like "Do you know..." and "Can you tell me...". Finally, it outlines rules for changing direct questions to indirect embedded questions, such as dropping auxiliary verbs and changing the verb tense accordingly.

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Embedded Questions

We call embedded question when we have a question inside


another questiono or inside a positive phrase.

Where does he live? (direct speech)


Do you know where he lives? (indirect speech)

We can use:

Do you know ?
I dont know
Can you tell me ?
Could you tell me ?
Do you have any idea ?

How to use:

1. In direct speeches we change the verb and the subject


position when making questions, but in indirect speeches the
subject and the verb follow the affirmative phrase position.

What time is it?


Do you know what time it is?

2. When we have direct speeches with DO, DOES or DID the


auxiliary verbs desappear in indirect speeches. Important
observation: the phrase must follow the verb tense that is being
used, so, if the DID goes out, the verb must be used in the
simple past tense, for example.

What time does the movie begin?


Can you tell me what time the movie begins?

Where did she go?


Do you know where she went?

Always remember: the VERB TO BE is strong enough to not


need an auxiliary verb when making wuestions

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