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Practice Exercise 2
Change the yes/no questions to embedded questions. 
 
 
e.g. Is he on campus today? 
 
 
Do you know if he is on campus today? 
1. 
Is Maria coming to class today? 
Can you tell me _____________________________________________________ 
2. 
Did the meeting start already? 
Do you know _______________________________________________________ 
3. 
Is it supposed to rain tonight? 
Do you know ______________________________________________________ 
4. 
Can she come to lunch with us? 

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Do you know _____________________________________________________ 
5. 
Did she miss her train? 
I wonder _________________________________________________________ 
Practice Exercise 3 -- Speaking
Work with a partner. One person reads the sentences out loud; the other changes the 
questions to embedded questions. Begin your embedded questions with Do you know… 
The person making the embedded questions should not look at the paper. When you are 
finished, change roles. 
1. What is the weather like in Canada? 
2. What is the longest river in the world? 
3. How long is the Great Wall of China? 
4. Did birds evolve from dinosaurs? 
5. How many people live in Dubai? 
6. What time is it in Saudi Arabia right now? 
7. Which country has the most poets? 
8. What is the capital city of Mongolia? 
9. Is Mexican food spicy? 
10. What year did the Berlin wall fall? 
Practice Exercise 4 Dialogue and Role Play 
Work with a partner. Imagine you are at a tourist information center in a foreign city. You 
want to find something interesting to do. You should create a dialogue about one or two of 
the topics listed below. One person is the tourist and the other is the information person. 
Write down your dialogue, practice it and then perform it for the class. Try to use several 
embedded questions.