Listening / Speaking
Grammar Booster
Embedded questions are usually used in Indirect Speech.

Direct Questions Yes/No questions: Is that magazine interesting? | Embedded (Indirect questions) For Yes/No questions If and Whether (They have the same meaning). Be careful! I wonder if is that magazine interesting. (wrong) I wonder if that magazine is interesting. (correct)
• Have you read this book? • Can I borrow your pen? | • I want to know whether he has read this book. • I wonder whether I can borrow your pen.
For Wh/How questions begin with question words: Who, What, When, Why, How, Where, etc
Direct questions: | Embedded/Indirect questions:
• What’s the article about? | • Tell me what the article is about.

To report questions we can use: wonder, ask, remember, do you know, want to know, know, etc.

| ■ I don’t know ■ Please tell me ■ I wonder ■ I don’t remember | ■ Can you tell me ■ I’m not sure ■ I can’t tell you ■ I’d like to know

6. | PW. Write the sentences in the Indirect Speech looking through the Grammar Booster. And correct your partner's mistakes.

Model: | "What are you doing in Spain, Jane?" said Joe. Joe wondered what Jane was doing in Spain.

1. “Have you ever been to the aquarium?” said the guide.
2. “Why are parents the best role models for their children?” asked Lala.
3. “Can I help you?” said the young girl.
4. “What time is it?” said Kamran.
5. “Who has gone to the party?” asked Clara.
6. “Do classmates also influence the children?” said the teacher.