curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-express-concerns/67c9d9f174a5497fa2162cd7.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What does Bob want to know?
If Maria wants to extend the deadline.
Bob is not asking about Maria's decision.
Whether the client changed the deadline again.
Bob is not asking about the client's actions.
How much time the team has to complete the project.
Bob is not asking about the timeframe.
The reason the team thinks the deadline is difficult to meet.
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When you ask a question that includes another question inside it, the second question follows a normal sentence structure (subject + verb), not a question structure. For example:
Do you know where he put the report? - The question where did he put the report? follows another question, Do you know..., so you should use an affirmative sentence structure with it. Do you know where did he put the report?, thus, would be incorrect.
This happens because Do you know is already making the sentence a question. The second part, where he put the report, is the information the person wants to know, so it follows the normal subject-verb order of affirmative sentences.
Compare it to a direct question:
Where did he put the report?
Here, Where starts the question, so you need the usual question structure (did he put).
Another example:
Did she explain why the meeting was canceled? - Here, the question is Did she explain and why the meeting was canceled is the information she explained. Did she explain why was the meeting canceled? would be incorrect.
As a rule of thumb, if the sentence starts with the question word (Where, Why, How etc.), use the question word order, as in Where did he go?. If the question word comes after another question, use normal word order, as in Do you know where he went?.
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