Embedded Questions — The Grammar of Please
Grammar: Embedded Questions
Free ESL grammar exercise on embedded questions themed around the grammar of please. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL grammar exercise on education, practising embedded questions. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
The English speaker reaching for an embedded question — Could I ask what your position is on this? — is performing the same social calculation as the French speaker choosing between tu and vous.
Grammar: Embedded Questions
- Direct question
- Where did she grow up? — main verb, inverted subject
- Embedded question
- I wonder where she grew up. — statement word order, no inversion
Sample items
- Do you know ______ Japanese has three separate honorific registers?
- I wonder ______ French professionals feel about premature tutoiement.
- Could you tell me ______ this phrase is considered a formality marker?
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