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Practice #3   Embedded Questions - answers

1. Excuse me, can you tell me _where I can get my car fixed?_________________________
                                                   Where can I get my car fixed?

2. Would you tell me _when dinner will be ready.____________________________________
                                                                   When will dinner be ready?

3. I don't know __when Abraham Lincoln was first elected president.__________________
                                                       When was Abraham Lincoln first elected president?

4. Do you know _how to use this software?______________________________________
                                                       How do you use this software?

5. I asked you _if you're ready to go home._______________________________________
                                                       Are you ready to go home?

6. I need to ask Barry _whether he is going to go home now or stay for a while more.____
                                                       Are you going home now or are you going to stay a while more?

7. I don't know _how to turn this stupid computer on.______________________________
                                                       How do you turn this stupid computer on?

8. Do you remember _what the new security code is?______________________________
                                                       What's the new security code?

9. Did anyone tell you _when the renovations to the consulate are going to be finished?__
                                                       When are the renovations to the consulate going to be finished?

10. We need to find out _when that group of American politicians is going to visit._______
                                                        When is that group of American politicians going to visit?

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