Gateway B1+ Unit 8 Grammar revision | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 16 Public

Reported statements, questions and commands

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‘This is the most fascinating play I have read in a long time,’ the director said.

The director said that was the most fascinating play she/he had read in a long time.

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The conductor of the orchestra told the reporters that the following day’s concert would be his last before he retired.

‘Tomorrow’s concert will be my last before I retire,’ the conductor of the orchestra said.

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‘I think her still life paintings represent her better than her self-portraits,’ the art critic said.

The art critic said he/she thought the artist’s still life paintings represented her better than her self-portraits.

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Tom said he had to learn the tunes of the songs before he wrote the lyrics.

‘I have to learn the tunes of the songs before I write the lyrics,’ Tom said.

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‘I don’t like abstract art because I can’t understand it,’ my grandmother once told me.

My grandmother once told me she didn’t like abstract art because she couldn’t understand it.

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‘What was the conference about?’, the teacher asked a colleague.

The teacher asked a colleague what the conference was about.

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‘When will your next album come out?’, her fans wanted to know.

Her fans wanted to know when her next album would come/be coming out.

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‘Where are the science fiction books?’, she asked the librarian.

She asked the librarian where the science fiction books were.

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‘How did you get up that high wall?’, they asked the graffiti artist.

They asked the graffiti artist how he/she had got up that high wall.

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‘Do I have to do the drawing again?’, the student asked the teacher.

The student asked the teacher if she/he had to do the drawing again.

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‘What kind of materials do you use in your paintings?’, the art critic asked the artist.

The art critic asked/wanted to know what kind of materials the artist used in his/her paintings.

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‘Buy the tickets online to avoid the queues,’ the tour guide told the visitors.

The tour guide told the visitors to buy the tickets online to avoid the queues.

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‘Don’t touch the sculptures!’ the museum staff told the tourists.

The museum staff told the tourists not to touch the sculptures.

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‘Write an accurate description of the painting,’ the teacher asked her students.

The teacher asked her students to write an accurate description of the painting.

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‘Play one more song,’ the audience asked the band.

The audience asked the band to play one more song.

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‘Don’t look so frightened,’ the director told the actor.

The director told the actor not to look so frightened.

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