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    Practice transforming sentences
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  • The referee :”How many players do you want to substitute?”
    The referee asked how many players I/we/he wanted to substitute.
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  • She asked how much pay she could expect.
    She asked:” how much pay can I expect?”
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  • The captain asked the guide when they would get to the coast.
    The captain asked the guide:”When will we get to the coast?”
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  • The gardener :”Why didn’t you buy a new shovel?”
    The gardener asked why I hadn’t bought a new shovel.
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  • The zookeeper :”How much food did the lions eat last week?
    The zookeeper asked how much food the lions had eaten the week before.
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  • The rock star :”Would you sing the song with me?”
    The rock star asked me if I would sing the song with him.
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  • He asked: ”How long has Peter had his sports car?”
    He asked how long Peter had had his sports car
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  • The coach asked what he was doing then.
    The coach asked:”What is he doing now?”
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  • The teacher :” Who were they travelling with yesterday?”
    The teacher asked who they had been travelling with the day before
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  • The helper asked us :”What time are you going to finish tomorrow?”
    The helper asked what time we were going to finish the next day
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  • The people asked:” Where would he go if he had the money?” 
    The people asked where he would have gone if he had had the money.
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  • The hired workers asked when they would be paid.
    The hired works asked:” When will we be paid?”
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  • The fireman asked when the fire engine was going to be ready
    The fireman asked:”When is the fire engine going to be ready?”
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  • The player asked:”How many goals will we score this week?”
    The player asked how many goals they would score that week.
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  • Jane’s brother asked her who she was going out with.
    Brother to sister: “Who are you going out with Jane?”
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  • They asked: ”Why weren’t we allowed to park here last month?”
    They asked why they hadn’t been allowed to park there the month before.
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