Tell me which one the lie is

[Silverobama]

A group of children were playing a game called 2 Truths and 1 lie. I was telling them the rules.

I said "You are going to write down three statements (or sentences) and two of them are truths while one is a lie. Someone will guess which one is the lie after you tell us all the statements."

Is my sentence "Tell me which one the lie is" natural?

 

[teechar]

I was explaining to a group of children were playing a game called 2 Truths and 1 lie. I was telling them the rules of a game called Two Truths and One Lie.

I said "You are going to write down three statements (or sentences), and two of them which are true and the other is false. truths while one is a lie. Someone will then has to guess which one is the lie after you read out all three tell us all the (statements)."

See above.

Is my sentence "Tell me which one the lie is" natural?

Who is suppose to say that, and when?

 

[Silverobama]

Who is suppose to say that, and when?

Much appreciated!

Sorry, I forgot to include more context about this one. I said "Tell us which one the lie is" to the kid who had read his/her statements aloud while some other kids failed to guess correctly which one the lie was. The goal was trying to let kids to guess which one the lie was. Is this sentence natural?

I also notice that in your corrections above, the correct sentence is:

"You are going to write down three statements (or sentences), two of which are true and the other is false. Someone then has to guess which one is the lie after you read out all three (statements)."

I have one question. In a sentence like above (instead of a question), the phrase should be "..... which one the lie is" but if it's a standalone question, it should be "Which one is the lie？". Why didn't you correct it here? Is it because NOW it's okay and natural to say "which one is the lie" in a sentence like that (I looked it up and it's called "Declarative Sentence) but I'm not sure it's correct.)

 

[emsr2d2]

Amongst the "wh" words, "which" is an exception. In a declarative statement you can say "which is ..." or "which ... is".

Tell me which one the lie is.
Tell me which one is the lie.

Tell me who you are.
Tell me who are you.

Tell me where the bank is.
Tell me where is the bank.

Tell me why you came.
Tell me why did you come.

Tell me when it will happen.
Tell me when will it happen.

Tell me what your name is.
Tell me what is your name.