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The curator asked how ______
Which completion makes the whole sentence a correctly punctuated statement?
A: The embedded question needs subject–verb order, not did the frame.
B: The order is correct, but the whole sentence reports a question and needs a period.
C — correct: The frame is the embedded subject, became is its verb, and the reporting sentence takes a period.
D: Both direct-question inversion and the question mark conflict with the reporting clause.
A supervisor is asking a direct question: If the lift is unavailable, ______
Which completion uses the correct order and final punctuation?
A — correct: The condition precedes a direct question: can comes before the crew, and the sentence ends with a question mark.
B: This retains statement order in an ordinary direct information question.
C: The direct-question order requires a question mark here.
D: This makes a statement rather than the requested direct question.
The visitor wants two pieces of information: Where is the repair desk, and when ______
Which completion correctly finishes the direct question?
A: Both the order and period are wrong for the second coordinated direct question.
B: The order is correct, but the question needs a question mark.
C: The mark is correct, but the second direct question needs will before the technician.
D — correct: Each coordinated clause is a direct question. Will precedes its subject, and one question mark closes the sentence.
The grant application explains why ______
Which completion correctly finishes the statement?
A: The embedded explanation takes statement order and the outer statement takes a period.
B — correct: The theater precedes needs. Why introduces the reported reason, not a direct question.
C: The period is right, but direct-question inversion is not.
D: The embedded order is right, but the outer sentence is declarative.
In a formal request for information, a librarian asks whether volunteers will do two tasks: ______
Which sentence correctly asks the direct question?
A: This uses statement order where an ordinary direct question is requested.
B: The inverted order is correct, but the period does not mark the question.
C — correct: Will precedes the shared subject and governs label and shelve. The question mark closes the whole question.
D: This asserts what the volunteers will do rather than asking.
An editor asks a direct question about the identity of the person responsible: ______
Which sentence asks who supplied the illustration, using an ordinary subject question?
A — correct: Who is the subject, so drew follows it without added do-support; the question takes a question mark.
B: Adding did would require the plain form draw. A subject question already works without it.
C: The subject-question order is right, but the terminal period is wrong.
D: Both did drew and the terminal period are wrong.