Improve the quality of the given sentence by choosing the correct alternative. Can you tell me where does your uncle live?
Question and options
Improve the quality of the given sentence by choosing the correct alternative.
Can you tell me where does your uncle live?
- Where your uncle does live?
- Where lives your uncle?
- Where your uncle lives?
- No improvement
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - Where your uncle lives?
In an indirect question the word order is statement order: Can you tell me where your uncle lives? The inverted forms 'Where your uncle does live?' and 'Where lives your uncle?' are wrong, and the original 'where does your uncle live' needs improvement.
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