What do you think our chances are of winning today?

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What do you think our chances are of winning today?

I don't know what structure it is.

'What do you think of it' is the pattern with the verb think.

Q1) I don't know why the be verb 'are' is placed.

Q2) Is 'what do you think our chances of winning today?' OK?

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What do you think our chances are of winning today?

moon7296'What do you think of it' is the pattern with the verb think.

Not in this case.

The pattern is "What do you think it is?" "It is what you think." "What is it?"

moon7296Q2) Is 'what do you think our chances of winning today?' OK?

No. You need the verb "is/are."

"Do you think" is always a bit tricky to analyze in a question.

In this case, you get a better picture of the main structure of the sentence if you eliminate it.

What are our chances of winning today? Our chances of winning today are what?

What is the chance that we will win today? "IS" is the main verb.

In the pattern you quote (What do you think of it?) the main verb is "THINK." (You do think what?)

What do you think our chances are of winning today?

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