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He asked: ”Are we going to start work tomorrow?”
He asked if they were going to start work the next day.
They inquired: ”Have you ever been to America?”
They inquired if I/we had ever been to America.
The doctor wanted to know: ”Have you had the symptoms for a long time?”
The doctor wanted to know if I had had the symptoms for a long time.
”I will play cards the day after tomorrow”. (CLAIRE / INFORM ME)
Claireinformed me that she would play cards the following day/the next day
Sophie said: ”I went to bed early last night”.
Sophie said that she had gone to bed early that night.
He told me: ”You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen”.
He told me that I was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen
"I am sorry but I can’t come to your birthday party because I am going away for the weekend.”
(GLORIA / EXPLAIN)
Gloria explained that she was really sorry but she couldn’t come to my party because she was going away for the weekend.
He said: ”Tomorrow at five o’clock I will be sitting on a train to Glasgow.”
He said that the next day at five o’clock he would be sitting on a train to Glasgow.
”I warned you to study for the test a month ago.” (MISS JACKSON / REMIND ME)
Miss Jackson reminded me that she had warned me to study for the test a month before
Dave: "I was outside the classroom during the break but I saw a group of my colleagues inside the room.”
Dave said that he had been outside the classroom during the break but he had seen a group of his colleagues inside the room.
Mrs. Wilson: “No one has ever spoken to me like this before.”
Mrs. Wilson said that no one had ever spoken to her like that before
"Please, don’t go." (HE, BEG)
He begged me not to go.
"Don’t touch the wire with wet hands." (THE ELECTRICIAN, WARN)
The electrician warned me not to touch the wire with wet hands.
He asked: ”Where have you been Tom?”
He asked me where I had been
The referee asked: ”How many players do you want to substitute?”
The referee asked how many players I/we/he wanted to substitute.
The gardener inquired: ”Why didn’t you buy a new shovel?”
The gardener inquired why I hadn’t bought a new shovel.
