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Reported speech: statements and questions

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"Where is my umbrella?" she asked.

She asked where her umbrella was.

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"What are they doing?" she asked.

She wanted to know what they were doing.

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The teacher asked, "Who speaks English?"

The teacher wanted to know who spoke English.

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A man: "When does the train to Liverpool leave?"

Yesterday a man asked me when the train to Liverpool left.

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Grandmother: "Where are my glasses?"

Yesterday Grandmother asked me where her glasses were.

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Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?"

Yesterday Linda wanted to know if Max had flown to London two weeks before.

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Barbara: "Must I do my homework this afternoon?"

Yesterday Barbara asked me if she had to do her homework that afternoon.

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Nancy: "Why didn't Nick go to New York last summer?"

Yesterday Nancy wanted to know why Nick hadn't gone to New York the summer before.

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Jennifer: "Where do you play football today?"

Yesterday Jennifer wanted to know where I played football.

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John: "Mandy is at home."

John said (that) Mandy was at home.

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Max: "Frank often reads a book."

Max told me (that) Frank often read a book.

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Susan: "I'm watching TV."

Susan said to me (that) she was watching TV.

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Simon: "David was ill."

Simon said (that) David had been ill.

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Peggy: "The girls helped in the house."

Peggy told me (that) the girls had helped in the house.

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Richard: "I am going to ride my skateboard."

Richard said to me (that) he was going to ride his skateboard.

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Mrs Jones: "My mother will be 50 years old."

Mrs Jones told me (that) her mother would be 50 years old.

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