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Practice #2   Embedded Questions

My friend Mortimer went for a job interview at a big company the other day. I asked him what the interviewer asked him. Make sentences with embedded questions.

1. She asked me _when I graduated from college.____________________________________
When did you graduate from college?

2. She wanted to know _if I liked to work with computers.______________________________
Do you like to work with computers?

3. She asked me to explain _how much money I earned at my last job._____________________
How much money did you earn at your last job?

4. She asked _how often I was late for work.________________________________________
How often are you late for work?

5. She kept asking _if I minded traveling.___________________________________________
Do you mind traveling?

6. She wanted to know _if I knew how to use Excel.__________________________________
Do you know how to use Excel?

7. She asked me to describe _how I would change their system there._____________________
How would you change our system here?

8. She even asked me _where I like to go for vacation.________________________________
Where do you like to go for vacation?

9. She asked _if I minded not having a private office._________________________________
Do you mind not having a private office?

10. She asked _when I could start._____________________________________________
                                      When can you start?

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