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Reported speech: statements and questions

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Jean: "The boss must sign the letter."

Jean said (that) the boss had to sign the letter.

She: “Come quickly!”

She told me to come quickly.

She: “Did you arrive before seven?”

She asked me if I arrived (had arrived) before seven.

She: “I would have visited the hospital, if I had known you were sick”

She said (that) she would have visited the hospital, if she had known I was sick.

She told me not to touch.

Don't touch!

She asked me if I usually cooked at home.

“Do you usually cook at home?”

She said that they had never been to Scotland until last year.

“They had never been to Scotland until last year”

She: “Please don’t forget my book”

She asked me not to forget her book.

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