How to Make (and Use) Embedded Questions in English?

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to express problems I focused on this grammar point so today we're going to review this and I'm also going to give you some more patterns that you can use in other situations so not just when you're expressing problems so I have as always three parts to today's lesson first I'm going to cover I'm gonna move over here first I'm going to cover what they are this will be part 1 for today's lesson part 2 I'm going to cover grammar rules and part 3 I'm going to talk about common patterns that you can use to practice so I can't show everything at once I don't have a big whiteboard in my house but I hope that you can pick up something and get some good practice so let's begin yes I have a very small weight where maybe some of you remember when we first started doing live streams a few years ago we use the small whiteboard approach so it's just like old times right okay let's get started so let's begin with this first whiteboard that I showed you let's begin with this one embedded question what is an embedded question so let's start here an embedded question is a question inside a question or inside a statement so we can use a question inside another question or we can put a question inside a regular statement just a statement so just a simple fact breaks are not a simple fact but just one simple idea so this the next point when should I use this this is maybe a good thing to consider for today's lesson when should I use this grammar point when you want to make a question or a statement less direct or when you want to make it a bit softer you should use or you can use a direct question so let's begin with this example here so first example here is where is my bag imagine you're talking to a friend yeah so if you're talking to a friend and you have two options which of these is going to sound like softer so this question where is my bag this is a direct question yeah so it's like I can't find my bag in this situation if I say to my friend where's my bag it's probably okay there my friend but if I'm like angry and upset and I say where's my bag my friend might think I'm like angry or I think they stole my bag or something like that so this question is not incorrect but it's more direct this question here do you know where my bag is is softer and it has an embedded question inside it hmm okay so where is the embedded question in this sentence we're going to talk about like how to make these today so first let's break this sentence down do you know where my bag is right here this where my bag is is the embedded question so that means this is the question inside this bigger question so like the big question is do you know this thing so this question is actually the same as this question but in order to make embedded questions we have to change the grammar a little bit so that's what we're going to focus on in today's lesson moving from like these really direct questions that are sometimes kind of aggressive to these less aggressive sounding sometimes or these softer less direct questions okay cool I am looking for your questions in the chat some good examples are coming in hey there Andrew do you know if they are coming yes perfect example of an embedded question learn American English with this guy I am actually live from my living room today we've really exciting on Facebook I don't see any questions yet please feel free to send your questions in the chat I will do my best to answer your questions your relevant questions your questions about the lesson and I will also try to check your sentences live as well if you are not watching this live please feel free to send your questions though too so we can at least see your comments and so on okay let's look at one more example let's compare these basic questions and these embedded questions let's take a look at one more example here what's her name what's her name so again these are not like incorrect this is a totally correct question what's her name is this question I can't remember what her name is so again these two questions they express the same idea we want to know what her name is this question what's her name sounds more direct this question I can't remember what her name is sounds softer less direct so in this sentence I can't remember what her name is here is the embedded question what her name is what her name is so you'll notice again this question is a bit different from this question this what's her name style question so we're going to talk in part two of today's lesson about how to make it like the special grammar that we use for embedded questions okay so with that I'll take a quick break I'm going to check your questions I guess I'll put my phone up here I'm checking your Facebook comments from my phone because Facebook was a little it's hard to run both Facebook and YouTube on my phone so I'll put this here so that you can see I don't know maybe I'll put it here you can't see the topic but maybe there okay embedded question your things some of you are writing to me on Facebook do you know where my bag is yes perfect I think that was the example here some other ones that I saw do you know where is my bag is that correct or not no do you know where is my bag that is an incorrect embedded question I'm going to talk about why in part 2 on YouTube some comments Kurt earnest says do you know where the library is good I can't remember what your country name is good good good nice grammar everybody I don't remember what university he suggested to us okay can you tell me what's her name make sure I can't work I'm sorry can you tell me what her name is okay so some of you are sharing some example sentences the have then need a little fix so I'm going to talk in part two about the flow how to make how to make an embedded question with kind of a special grammar that we need to consider I'll take a break officially now if you missed it earlier I mentioned this banner at the bottom is supposed to show you this is a guide to learning 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you practice making embedded questions so to practice today's grammar point I will take you through kind of kind of a three step and yes process to make your questions and to make decisions about the grammar of your sentence so let's begin first the first part of our flow is to look at the question you want to embed look at the question you want to embed this means like what is the basic question that you want to ask you want to make this questions softer so for example in my first part this part where is my bag or what's her name that's the question I want to embed first we need to look at that question so look at the question and ask yourself this first does the question use a form of B so when I say B I mean the verb be so like is or are that kind of thing past tense as well it was or work so does the question use a form of B if yes move the verb after the subject so what does this look like move the verb after the subject where is my bag in this sentence we have this verb be yeah where is my bag so for this grammar rule I just said move the verb after the subject so that's why in this situation is it's hard to hold to wait for the one sorry that's why here this is is at the end of the sentence in my embedded question so to follow this rule is moves over here oh sorry it's hard to write this way okay so it's hard to see where is my bag move this is to the end of the sentence like I've done here do you know where my bag is so this question is incorrect like in in a basic question statement where my bag is that's incorrect in this grammar inside another question this is the correct sentence so this is the first question to ask yourself is the verb be being used in my question if yes move it after the subject we're going to practice this together in just a moment if no the next question to ask yourself does the question use a form of do does the question use a form of do if the answer is yes remove the do word conjugate the remaining verb to match the subject we're going to practice this on this board in just a moment finally if the answer is no there's just no change okay so let's practice this I know it's hard to do some of you are saying this is better on the board well of course it's better on the board but this is the situation so let's work together okay first where is my coffee where is my coffee okay so let's apply this rule to our sigh let's apply this flow to this question so I want to use where is my coffee in an embedded question that starts with do you know so let's work through these steps to make our embedded question yeah okay first of all where is my coffee here's my basic sentence and this part is is my beaver yeah so does the question use a form of B the answer here is yes right so this is is here this is a form of to be right here so I know I need to move this is after my subject yeah I said move the verb after the subject so do you know yeah good job everybody do you know where my coffee is exactly this is really hard to write at this angle but I'll try do you know where my coffee is perfect exactly do you know where my coffee is exactly nice job everybody perfect look at that and on Facebook I see some of you on facebook too so Jenny wrote do you know where my husband is interesting questions do you know where my coffee is good good good do you know where my coffee is very nice Edgar and Jacob great job everybody okay very nice very nice let's go to number two example number two when does he usually a when does he usually arrive so I need binoculars in order to read the word sorry I'll try to make it bigger I know that this is not the best situation but I'm trying we're all trying ok ok next one when does he usually arrive ok so let's apply our flow chart again first it's hard to read does the question use a form of B so in this question when does he usually arrive we do not see a be verb here so the answer is no okay next question does the question use a form of do yes when does he usually arrive so we know we need to use this du rule so what should we do yes it does remove the do word conjugate the remaining verb to match the subject ok so what does this mean first I have to remove the do verb so that means this so does I know does needs to go away ok then I need to conjugate the remaining verb so the verb that's left here the remaining verb is arrived in this case arrived arrived so when I say conjugate the remaining verb I mean make the verb match the subject so think about it when you make when you make a sentence with he or she or it in a simple present tense sentence we use a conjugation like he goes or she goes which is different from I go or you go right so use the same conjugation so that changed changing the verb like that is called conjugation so yeah some of you have the correct answer already so we need to change this verb arrived to arrive sorry hard to see arrives so we add that s at the end it's very nice many of you are sending the correct answer in the chat fantastic so I'll write it can you tell me when sorry when when he usually arrives if can you tell me when he usually arrives at native speed can you tell me when he usually arrives so this is an example of how we change the sentence when we use a do verb like this helping firm yeah oh you don't very nice job everybody I'm checking your comments trying to check your comments doing everything live now on YouTube I see many of you can you tell me when she usually arrives says juice nice nice nice rowana can you tell me when he usually arrives perfect perfect very nice job everybody my phone is exploding stop texting me right now everybody okay so um I see lots and lots of correct answers which is fantastic so I'm going to go to the last one to practice here in our flow chart so our final example sentence is a very important question who ate my cookie who ate my cookie okay so what should we do let's use I wonder this is pronounced wonder yeah so wonder this is different from think so when you use the verb wonder I wonder it's like you're you're trying to guess I want to guess something I wonder so I want to use I wonder inside or with rather this question who ate my cookie so let's take a look some of you are already sending the correct answer in the chat very nice everybody let's go through the flow just so we can see again does the question use a form of B no okay - does the question use a form of do No so the final thing on this flowchart is no change that means I don't have to change this question because it does not use do and it does not use B so that means I wonder I'll try to write like this I wonder who ate my cookie cookie so we don't know did your roommate eat it did your teacher eat it did your friend eat it we don't know but we want to express this kind of wondering feeling we do that with an embedded question I wonder who ate my cookie some of you are asking me why on earth why am i using these tiny whiteboards I am broadcasting from home today because you're just joining so that is why today's lesson looks a little bit different from usual ah I wonder who ate my cookie says the chat very nice everyone is asking this very important question nice job everybody fantastic great work uh I wonder who ate my cookies says Malika on Facebook woo cookies that you've made it plural very nice ok uh seeley seeley seeley sorry if I mispronounced your name on the YouTube chat says I'm wondering would that be right - in this case I'm wondering who ate my cookie you might hear somebody say that yeah I think this one is a little more natural like if you are thinking like for a while like like if you want to say all day today I have ring who ate my cookie maybe that's ok if it's continuing so it's sort of like a one one time thing like I'm this is my idea right now oh I wonder if you ate my cookie ok I'll finish there for this part many of you are saying you should have a real board usually there is a real white board but because of situations 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want to take a screenshot I know it's really really small but I hope that this helps you okay so let's go to common patterns for you to practice first one do you know plus WH question plus some information and maybe is so we've practiced this before in today's lesson we practiced this pattern right here do you know where my bag is so this is a wh question pattern with do you know WH question means those questions that start with WH like who what where when why are those things so we can use those with do you know do you know when you're looking for information so this will make your question softer for example do you know where the restroom is or do you know who the teachers are so these use this WH question in this case the WH question is where or who why did I use R in this sentence the reason that R is here instead of is is because teachers is plural yeah so if the question was just about one teacher do you know who the teacher is that would be fine who the teachers are so please make sure to consider singular and plural forms okay part two or rather number two here I'm gonna move this number two here is I can't remember plus WH question plus something and is maybe at the end of your sentence so for example I can't remember what my password is I can't remember what my password is or I can't remember where I put my keys I can't remember where I put my key so what is happening in this sentence I can't remember plus a wh question what or where here my password is or I put my keys in this sentence there's no is at the end because there's no be verb in this sentence there's no B or do verb here so we don't need to change that if you don't understand that please review this video for the grammar rule section in part 2 you can find that there ok let's go to the next one could you tell me could you tell me something something is could you tell me something something is this is a very polite way to request information so instead of just asking your direct question like where's the station or when does the train arrive you can ask this more politely with a pattern like this could you tell me where the station is or could you tell me when the train arrives this sounds more polite less direct so you can use this oh my gosh I'm late but I hear that it's okay to be a little bit late today so we'll take our time with the last one the last pattern for you to practice is what we practiced a moment ago I wonder I wonder oh sorry I gotta change position guys okay I wonder is again when we're like we're trying to guess something like I don't know I'm not sure hmm we use I wonder to describe that feeling I wonder something something is or are whatever if your sentence uses a be verb so I wonder where my parents are it's an interesting question or I wonder when we'll see each other again I want to talk about this last sentence I'll read it one more time I wonder when we'll see each other again I wonder when we'll see each other again what is happening in this sentence this uses we will this wheel is we will right here I'm looking at this partner why is my red market good okay I wonder when we will see each other again so some of you might be asking like what is happening in this sentence when I make a question with will it should be something like when will we see each other again right why did will move here is a note will right here I'm pointing here will follows the B rule so remember how we talked when we talked about the grammar for these we talked about be the verb be moves after the subject will is doing the same thing in this sentence so yes usually in a regular sentence when will we see each other again is correct in an embedded question I wonder when we will see each other again so please note the position of will changes here okay that's the last point for today's lesson wow that was a lot and a lot of very small whiteboards it's so interesting for sure I'm looking at your questions now some good examples are coming in osmond says can you tell me where is the restaurant okay actually lots of you are still making this mistake right here that we talked about with is when your question uses the verb to be like where is my coffee for example or where is the restaurant you need to move your be verb to the end of your subject do you know where my coffee is do you know where the restaurant is please don't forget this key rule of this embedded question grammar okay I'm checking your questions on Facebook I'm looking down yes I'm looking I'm looking at your questions on Facebook right now and trying to check the questions on YouTube at the same time I don't see questions okay I wonder when we'll see each other yes again could you tell me when we'll see each other says rosemary nice yeah yeah if you want to ask for information could you tell me when we'll see each other again I guess so that's quite a polite request I suppose but it seems okay to me I wonder why okay so Glenda on facebook said I wonder why are you using that blackboard same problem I just talked about our why okay and why are you using that blackboard I'm going to repurpose this one let's break it down I hope I'm not in trouble remote control desk for taking a little extra time to break down in this mistake because I see a lot of you making this mistake I would like to talk about it and help you fix it so let's take this question why let's look at it why are you I'm writing this question your question from the chat why are you using that board why are you using why are you using that board so let's use this as a new example here let's follow the flow that I talked about in part 2 does this question question number one is does this question use the verb to be the answer is yes right here our R is a form of to be we need to use this after the subject so your question was something it should be I wonder why you are using that board so the finished question should be I wonder why you are using that board I wonder why you are using that boy so this is how we need to change the sentence when we have a be verb is or R or was or were so on B as well again I'm using these boards because I am broadcasting from my house so we are being safe okay but I have gone over time I don't want to take too much more time so I hope that this was helpful for you maybe this is an important thing to screenshot for today your flowchart for making this grammar so ask yourself these questions when you make your practice question so to practice if you would like some homework to practice today try to make some sentences with these patterns yeah you can screenshot this if you want and use this flow to practice so as you practice making questions embedded questions you can use those so we have to finish there for today's lesson wow this was interesting to broadcast to everybody from my house today quite an experience I hope that it was helpful I know that it's a little bit different from the way things usually are but we'll be back next week all of us remotely perhaps we'll be back next week next week I'm going to talk about basic verb conjugations basic verb conjugations basic verb conjugations means the basic changes to make to a verb for example to create past tense or to create present tense so I'm going to talk about that next week this will be a great lesson for beginner so please join us it is for those of you who are asking our live lesson is 10:00 p.m. I'll write it down and show it to 10:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time that is New York City time on Wednesday or 11 a.m. like Japan Standard Time on Thursday morning this is the time 10:00 p.m. est Eastern Standard Time or 11:00 a.m. jst Japan Standard Time Thursday so please join us on Facebook or on YouTube that would be super super cool uh okay so we'll finish there for today thank you so so much for joining our first ever remote live stream thank you for coming to my living room today with my little tiny whiteboards I know it's different from our regular 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Length: 39min 54sec (2394 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 15 2020