Business Embedded Questions BE - Exercise Worksheet

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Embedded Questions

Article excerpt · target grammar marked

It is unclear what the next tipping point will be. The question remains as to how professionals can build genuine resilience into organisations when the shocks are non-linear and hard to predict.

Grammar Reference · Embedded Questions

Embedded Wh- question

I wonder what the next tipping point will be. — wh-word + subject + verb (statement order)

Embedded whether/if

It is unclear whether systemic risk can be predicted. — use whether/if for yes/no embedded questions

Formal hedging frames

The question remains as to how firms build resilience. — raises uncertainty without committing to a view

Common error

I wonder what does the data show. ✗ → I wonder what the data shows. ✓ — no inversion inside embedded questions

01Exercise 1 — Form · Write the Correct Form

Embedded Questions

1.I wonder the board fully understands the feedback loops at play here.

2.It is unclear triggered the cascading failure in the regional banking sector.

3.The question remains as to firms should price systemic risk into their hedging strategies.

4.Analysts are still debating the 1997 crisis reached its tipping point so quickly.

5.I wonder complexity science will ever gain mainstream traction in corporate risk departments.

6.The CFO asked the domino effect had already begun to spread to tier-two suppliers.

02Exercise 2 — Transform

rewrite with the new structure

1.What did the 1997 crisis reveal about contagion?

2.Can feedback loops be modelled reliably in advance?

3.How do small states build resilience against cascading failure?

4.Why do tipping points so often appear invisible until they are crossed?

5.Will complexity science change how risk professionals frame systemic threats?

6.What warning signals did analysts miss before the Arab Spring?

03Exercise 3 — About You

in your notebook

Personalise: complete five sentences about yourself using the target grammar.

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