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  • Tom says: You are the best, Kate!
    Tom said to Kate that she was the best.
    Tom tells Kate that she is the best.
    Tom says that she is the best, Kate.
    Tom says that Kate was the best.
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  • Stella says: I have been to London many times.
    Stella told that she has been to London many times.
    Stella said that she had been to London many times.
    Stella says that she has been to London many times.
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  • Peter says: Don't come near me, Jack!
    Peter tells Jack not to come near him.
    Peter says not to come near him, Jack.
    Peter says to Jack to come near him.
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  • Jane says: My mum and I always shop here.
    Jane says that her mum and her always shop here.
    Jane says that her mum and she always shop there.
    Jane says that her mum and she always shop here.
    Jane says that her mum and her always shop there.
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  • Chris asks Kate: Do you want to dance?
    Chris asks Kate if she wants to dance.
    Chris asked to dance with Kate
    Chris asked does Kate dance with him.
    Chris asked Kate does she want to dance with him.
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  • Frank asks Lisa: How much pocket money do you get?
    Frank asks Lisa how much pocket money she gets.
    Frank asks Lisa how much pocket money she got.
    Frank asks Lisa how much pocket money does she get.
    Frank asks Lisa if she gets pocket money.
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  • Anne says: I do our shopping all the time.
    Anne says that she does their shopping all the time.
    Anne says she does our shopping all the time.
    Anne says that she did their shopping all the time.
    Anne said that she had done their shopping all the time.
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  • Mark asks Kate: Has John arrived?
    Mark asks Kate that John has arrived.
    Mark asks Kate if John has arrived.
    Mark asks John if Kate has arrived.
    Mark asks Kate if John have arrived.
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  • Jessica says: Write a text message!
    Jessica tells me to write a text message.
    Jessica wants to write a text message to me.
    Jessica says me to write a text message.
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  • Mum says: Wash your hands before your dinner boys!
    Mum tells to boys to wash their hands before their dinner.
    Mum tells the boys to wash their hands before their dinner.
    Mum says to wash your hands before your dinner boys.
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  • How does "I" change in Reported Speech?
    He / She
    It
    We
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  • How does "your" change in Reported Speech?
    our / their
    my / our
    their / her / his
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  • How does "we" change in Reported Speech?
    my
    they
    his / her
    their
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  • How does "here" change in Reported Speech?
    here(stays the same)
    always changes to there
    depends on context but usually changes to there
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  • When do you use "tell"?
    In questions.
    In statements without a reciever.
    In commands.
    When we don't know who is being talked to.
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