ESL Grammar - Advanced

ESL Grammar: EMBEDDED QUESTIONS (7) – Practice

In this ESL grammar lesson, students practice rewriting questions, including some Yes/No questions, as embedded questions. Students should use “if” or “whether” if the question is a Yes/No question.

ESL Grammar: Structure of Embedded Questions

Embedded questions begin with an introductory phrase, followed by the question word and the subject-verb order of a statement.

Introductory phrase + question word + subject + verb

Examples of Embedded Questions

  1. Statements:
    • Direct: Where is the nearest bus stop?
    • Embedded: I wonder where the nearest bus stop is.
    • Direct: What time does the meeting start?
    • Embedded: Can you tell me what time the meeting starts?
  2. Questions:
    • Direct: Where did she go?
    • Embedded: Do you know where she went?
    • Direct: How much does this cost?
    • Embedded: Could you tell me how much this costs?

The English grammar lesson below gives students a chance to practice rewriting various questions as embedded questions. Our series of ESL grammar lessons on subjects and verbs introduce these concepts and reinforce them through helpful and instructive exercises.

This lesson is available for free download, and you can download many more English grammar lessons focusing on advanced aspects of English grammar (past continuous tense, present perfect tense, present perfect continuous tense, passive voice, embedded questions, relative clauses) in our comprehensive, intermediate- to advanced-level ESL grammar textbook Great, Great Grammar! (Book 3: Tenses and More!).

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