What is the general rule for this kind of phrasing? Invert subject and verb for direct questions. ( Where is the knife ? ) Do not invert for indirect questions. ( I have no idea where the knife is . ) In which room was the thing I was supposed to

That's why I am confused. Yes. It can get confusing. But there's a simple rule. Do not invert subject and verb in an indirect question. (These are also called embedded questions.) Leave these in the same order as in the statement form.

This is too hard! I still don't get it. :( I will look for more example. I hope this site helps me- http://tillyer.net/GLOW/fsi201.htm That's what we doing in class The problem is that the instruction "Change the

B: There's a soccer game on this evening that I want to watch. (I'm not sure if you're supposed to shift the tenses to past.) He says there is a soccer game on this evening tht he wants to watch. He said there was a soccer game on

Hi Eddie Your exercise would be easier to do (and would probably also make more sense to you) if you knew who had actually asked the question. As Avangi mentioned, if you don't know that, you will have to invent something. When you report a

Sometimes the direct question includes a statement about the person who asked it: The teacher was angry. She said, "John, why don't you ever bring your homework to class?" You could make this into an indirect question this way:

2 whether used as a function word usually with correlative or or with or whether to indicate (1) until the early 19th century a direct question involving alternatives; (2) an indirect question involving stated or implied alternatives <decide

You see, if it's it were me, i I would say " tell Tell me about a time when you had to work under pressure." That would be OK, too. This is a relative clause modifying time . Just about any tense is fine. Tell me about a time you

the following sentence is not correct. Am I correct in that? Yes. The sentence is not correct. You are correct. The corrected version is: I am trying to understand what the advantage is of using trade weights ... Embedded indirect questions do not

I don't know where I am going today. I don't know=independent clause I=subject do=verb (auxiliary verb) not=negation (adverb of negation) know=verb where I am going today=noun clause (indirect question) where=complementizer I=subject