Embedded Questions Error Correction

This embedded questions error correction exercise focuses on the mistakes learners make after phrases such as Do you know, Can you tell me, I wonder, I don't know, and Please let me know. In a direct question, English often puts the auxiliary before the subject: 'Where is the hotel?' In an embedded question, the embedded part changes to statement word order: 'Can you tell me where the hotel is?'

Wrong: "Could you explain why did the alarm ring?" Correct: "Could you explain why the alarm rang?"
Wrong: "I wonder if has the parcel arrived." Correct: "I wonder if the parcel has arrived."

The key proofreading habit is to look at the clause after the question word, if, or whether. If you see direct-question order inside that clause, fix only that small chunk. Remove do, does, and did when they only form a direct question, but keep meaningful auxiliaries such as has, will, can, and should. Some sentences in this route are already correct, so you also practise leaving valid embedded questions unchanged.