Understanding Embedded Questions in English

The video tutorial explains embedded questions, which are questions within statements or other questions. It provides examples and highlights the importance of understanding their structure to improve English communication. The tutorial also offers practice examples to reinforce learning.

What is an embedded question?

• A question that is always rhetorical

• A question with multiple answers

• A question that stands alone

• A question within a statement or another question

In the sentence 'I don't know what time it is', what is the role of 'what time it is'?

• It is a rhetorical question

• It is an embedded question

• It is the main question

• It is a direct question

Why is it important to use embedded questions correctly?

• To make sentences longer

• To avoid answering questions

• To make your English sound more natural

• To confuse the listener

Which of the following is an example of an embedded question?

• Is it time?

• I wonder what time it is.

• Time is it what?

• What time is it?

In the sentence 'I don't know who she is', what is 'who she is'?

• A rhetorical question

• An embedded question

• A statement

• A direct question

What is the embedded question in 'He doesn't know why it doesn't start'?

• Doesn't it start?

• Why it doesn't start

• It doesn't start

• Why doesn't it start?

In the sentence 'I'm not sure whose dog it is', what is the embedded question?

• Is it a dog?

• Whose dog is it?

• Whose dog it is

• It is a dog

What is the embedded question in 'They're not sure when they can get married'?

• Can they get married?

• They can get married

• When can they get married?

• When they can get married

In 'I have no idea how long he has been crying', what is the embedded question?

• Has he been crying?

• How long has he been crying?

• He has been crying

• How long he has been crying

What is the embedded question in 'I'm not sure how many people there are'?

• There are people

• How many people are there?

• Are there people?

• How many people there are