Element FORM/USE: 'WONDER', REPORTED THOUGHT
SuperCat REPORTED SPEECH
SubCat reported speech
Lexical Range N/A
Level B1
Cando Can report thought using 'wonder' + 'wh-'word + clause, with a tense shift where relevant.
Corrected Learner Example I always had good times with her and was very impatient to read this letter: I wondered what she had written. (France; B1 THRESHOLD; 2008; French; Pass)

I really wondered who he was, but I was embrassed to look at him. (Turkey; B1 THRESHOLD; 2009; Turkish; Pass)
Uncorrected Learner Example
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