Embedded Clause Lesson

Embedded questions

Noun clauses

A question can be embedded in a noun clause. Use if to begin an embedded yes/no question​

Yes / No questions

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Is that magazine interesting?

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Did he like the article?

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Have you finished that newspaper?​

Embedded Yes / No questions

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Tell me if that magazine interesting.

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I'd like to know if he liked the article.

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Could you tell me if you've finished that newspaper?​

Use a question word to begin embedded information questions​

Information questions

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What's the article about?

Why have you decided to read it?

​Who's the writer

​Whose magazine is it?

​When was it written?

​Where is the writer from?

Embedded information questions

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I can't remember what the article's about.

I don't understand why you've decided to read it.

​I wonder who the writer is.

​I'm not sure whose magazine it is.

​I don't know when it was written.

​Do you know where the writer is from?

Read each pair of embedded questions​

Choose the correct sentence​

Multiple Choice

Read each pair of embedded questions​:

Choose the correct sentence​

• I don't know if it's trash

• I don't know if is it trash

Multiple Choice

Read each pair of embedded questions​:

Choose the correct sentence​

• Would you mind asking Angie whether I could see her book

• Would you mind asking Angie that I could see her book

Multiple Choice

Read each pair of embedded questions​:

Choose the correct sentence​

• Do you know why Hellen Keller wrote about her life?

• Do you know why did Hellen Keller write about her life?

Multiple Choice

Read each pair of embedded questions​:

Choose the correct sentence​

• I wonder who is Anne's new friend

• I wonder who Anne's new friend is

Multiple Choice

Read each pair of embedded questions​:

Choose the correct sentence​

• Tell me when did you get this

• Tell me when you got this

Multiple Choice

Read each pair of embedded questions​:

Choose the correct sentence​

• Could you tell me where the children's books are?

• Could you tell me where are the children's books?

Choose the word that correctly completes

Each embedded question

Multiple Choice

I wonder ___ John Steinbeck wrote this

• whether

• who

Multiple Choice

I'd like to know ___ anyone recommends reading this book

• if

• that

Multiple Choice

Do you know ___ you bought it?

• who

• when

Multiple Choice

Tell me ___ this book is about

• what

• whether

Multiple Choice

I don't know ___ the book is available online or not

• what

• if