Complete the nosy coworker's whispered gossip by choosing the correct word for each blank.

"I asked the new guy whether he ate the last chocolate donut."

"I also need to find out why he was acting so suspiciously in the breakroom."

"I asked the new guy whether he ate the last chocolate donut."

When embedding a yes/no question into another sentence, we must use "if" or "whether." We cannot use "that."

"I also need to find out why he was acting so suspiciously in the breakroom."

Even though it starts with a question word ("why"), this is an indirect question. We must use normal sentence word order (Subject + Verb -> "he was"), not question word order ("was he").