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Embedded Questions Practice

The document provides examples of rewriting direct questions as indirect embedded questions. Section A contains examples of rewriting medical-related direct questions indirectly. Section B then provides a short news article and asks to rewrite the direct questions that could be asked about the article indirectly. The purpose is to practice converting direct questions to indirect questions by embedding them into statements.

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Embedded Questions Practice

The document provides examples of rewriting direct questions as indirect embedded questions. Section A contains examples of rewriting medical-related direct questions indirectly. Section B then provides a short news article and asks to rewrite the direct questions that could be asked about the article indirectly. The purpose is to practice converting direct questions to indirect questions by embedding them into statements.

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Embedded questions

Practice

A. Rewrite the direct questions as indirect (embedded questions).

1. Why do i have a fever


I wonder why I have fever, I dont know why?
2. When will i feel better?
Can you tell me i need an injection better?
3. Do i need an injection?
Could you tell me i need an injection?
4. where can i get this prescription?
Can you tell us this prescription?
5. What do these pills having in them?
Do you know these pills in them?
6. How much will these pills cost?
Can yo tell me will these pills cost cost?
7. How many pills do I need to take every day?
I wonder how pills I need to take every day.
B. Rewrite the direct questions as indirect (embedded questions).

Fake news!

The inventor of the spacecraft was John Hillman Jockenhowser. He


invented it in 1453 when he was 23. He left university early after he
lost all his money. NASA copied John's designs in the 1950s.

I Wonder who the inventor of the first spacecraft was John hillman jockenhowser.
I Wonder he invented it in 1453 when he was 23. Could you tell he left university early
after he lost all his money.
So you know NASA copied johns designas in the 1950s

Direct questions Indirect questions


Who was the inventor of the first spacecraft? I wonder who the inventor of the first
spacecraft was.
Where did he leave? Can you tell us ?
Was he American? Do you know ?
What did he study at university? Could you tell me ?
Which university did he go to? I wonder
How did he lose all his money? Do you know ?
Can I find a biography of John on the I wonder
internet?
Was he a real person or not? Do you know ?

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