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Embedded Questions

Removing Do/Does/Did

In direct questions with non-be, non-modal verbs, we use do/does/did: "What does she want?" When this becomes embedded, remove the auxiliary entirely: "I wonder what she wants." The main verb conjugates normally in the embedded clause: "Do you know what he said?" (not "what did he say").

Removing Do/Does/Did

In direct questions with non-be, non-modal verbs, we use do/does/did: "What does she want?" When this becomes embedded, remove the auxiliary entirely: "I wonder what she wants." The main verb conjugates normally in the embedded clause: "Do you know what he said?" (not "what did he say").

Practice

Direct: "How much does it cost?" → Embedded: "Can you tell me how much ___?"

I'd like to know whothis decision.

Convert to embedded: "Where did they go?" → Put the embedded version in order:

Click words from the bank to place them here

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