Grammar

LESSON
Embedded

ALLISON Questions
SUEYOSHI
 Agenda
CLASS OBJECTIVES:
1) ask for information or express
something you don’t know while
using Embedded questions
2) make Embedded questions on your own
 Warm Up
Two foreign exchange students are
visiting Rome. Complete their
conversations by using the question
list.

Conversation 1

Driver: Where do you want to go?

Freddy: Hotel Forte, please. Do you
where it is?
know ______________
Driver: Of course. Get in I’ll take
You. Question List:
Freddy: I wonder ● How are we going to choose?
how much we’re supposed to tip the driver. ● How much does a tour bus
_____________________
Annabelle:According to the book, the cost?
custom is to leave 10 to ● Where is it?
15%. ● How much are we supposed to
tip the driver?
 Warm Up
Two foreign exchange students are
visiting Rome. Complete their
conversations by using the question
list.

Conversation 2
Annabelle: There’s so much to see in
Rome. I don’t
how we’re going to
know___________________
choose.
________________
Freddy: We could take a bus tour of Question List:
the city first, and then ● How are we going to choose?
decide. ● How much does a tour bus
Annabelle: Does the guidebook cost?
how much a tour bus costs?
say________________________ ● Where is it?
Freddy: Yeah, it’s about $15 per ● How much are we supposed to
person. tip the driver?
 Warm Up
Two foreign exchange students are
visiting Rome. Complete their
conversations by using the question
list.
Conversation 1
Driver: Where do you want to go?
Freddy: Hotel Forte, please. Do you
know ______________
Driver: Of course. Get in I’ll take you.
Freddy: I wonder _____________________
Annabelle:According to the book, the
custom is to leave 10 to 15%.
Conversation 2 Question List:
Annabelle: There’s so much to see in ● How are we going to choose?
Rome. I don’t know___________ ● How much does a tour bus
Freddy: We could take a bus tour of the cost?
city first, and then decide. ● Where is it?
Annabelle: Does the guidebook
● How much are we supposed to
say_____________
Freddy: Yeah, it’s about $15 per person. tip the driver?
EMBEDDED
QUESTIONS
Definition
Embedded questions are
questions that are
inside another sentence.
● Inside a statement Another Way to Remember
● Inside another
question Think of “Embed” as “in bed”.
When you’re in bed, you’re
Examples
tucked in between the blankets.
● I don’t know who our
An embedded question is simply
server is.
a question tucked inside
● Do you remember who our
another one
server is?
 How to Form Embedded Questions
Rule #1: If the embedded question is part of a statement,
use a period and not a question mark at the end of the
sentence.
Ex:

Rule #2: If the embedded question includes an auxiliary

verb or the verb “to be”, reverse the positions of the
subject and the auxiliary verb.
Ex:
 How to Form Embedded Questions
Rule #3: Do not use verbal contractions at the end of
a sentence.
Ex:

Rule #4: Embedded questions are introduced by whether,

whether or not, and if when there is no question word
in the sentence (yes/no questions).
Ex:
 How to Form Embedded Questions
Rule #5: The infinitive can follow a question word or
whether in embedded questions.

Ex:
 ● The phrase introducing the embedded questions shows if
the sentences expresses something you do not know.
Some Example Phrases:
● Begin yes/no question with if,
whether, or whether or not.
● Begin embedded wh- questions with wh- word (who, what,
which, whose, when , where, why, how, how much, how
many
When do we Sentences with embedded
questions have two main uses:
use embedded 1) To express something you
questions? do not know
2) To ask for information

Examples:
1)

What are embedded 2)

questions used for?
 if it’s a long
flight from LA.
Q: I don’t know _________________
Activity #1 (Is it a long flight from LA?)
whether it will be
hot or cold in July?
Q: Do you know_____________
Fill O (Will it be hot or cold in July?)
ut the
by cha blanks how soon I should make
nging
direct the the plane reservations.
Q: I wonder________________
questi
an emb on to (How soon should I make plane
edded
questi reservations?) what the name
on.
of their
Q: Can you remember currency is.
____________
Q: I plan on going to a trip to
(What is the name of their
Iceland this summer. I’d like to currency?)
what clothes I should bring.
know__________________
(What clothes should I bring?) Q: I’ve got to ask the consulate
if__________________________
I need a visa to go to Switzerland.
Q: Can you tell me whether (Do I need a visa to go to
__________________________
I should tip in Iceland? Switzerland?)
(Should I tip in Iceland?)
Activity #2 Shared Google Doc
Fill out your
assigned scenario

Make your own Embedded

Make your own question in a statement
Embedded and question using
phrases from the boxes
questions based Example:
on the given 1)Finding a famous site to
scenarios. see

S: I don’t know where I

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edit?usp=sharing
should go first.
Q: Do you know a famous
place I should see while I’m
here?
Activity #3 1) Do you remember who (is our
tour guide/ our tour guide
is)?
2) I don’t know why she ordered
Identify pasta (?/.)
s
common m ome 3) Let’s ask how (can we/ to)
is
that are takes get to the museum.
m
when usi ade 4) I wonder if (to/ I should)
ng
embedded take the bus.
question 5) Can you tell me whether I
s
need to have a reservation
(?/.)
Example: 6) I’m not sure (whether/did)
I hoped my plane (won’t be/ they made a reservation
wouldn’t be/ isn’t) late.
ahead of time.
I wonder whether (should we/ we
7) I wonder where (is he/he
should) leave early for the
airport. is).
Activity #3 1) Do you remember who (is our
tour guide/ our tour guide
is)?
2) I don’t know why she ordered
Identify pasta (?/.)
s
common m ome 3) Let’s ask how (can we/ to)
is
that are takes get to the museum.
m
when usi ade 4) I wonder if (to/ I should)
ng
embedded take the bus.
question 5) Can you tell me whether I
s
need to have a reservation
(?/.)
Example: 6) I’m not sure (whether/did)
I hope my plane (won’t be/ they made a reservation
wouldn’t be/ isn’t) late.
ahead of time.
I wonder whether (should we/ we
7) I wonder where (is he/he
should) leave early for the
airport. is).
 Is this a good time to This is fine. I didn’t
Activity #4 call? I wasn’t sure what
time you have dinner.
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 Wrap Up

Did you come across

What about you? any problems?
What was a time you all
traveled to somewhere Did you find anything
new? surprising?
Was there a time you How do you see yourselves
had to ask for help in using embedded questions
a different language? in the future?