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Reported Speech

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    Practice transforming sentences
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  • The zookeeper asked: ”How much food did the lions eat last week?"
    The zookeeper asked how much food the lions had eaten the week before.
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  • The rock star asked me: ”Would you sing the song with me?”
    The rock star asked me if I would sing the song with him.
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  • He wanted to know: ”How long has Peter had his sports car?”
    He wanted to know how long Peter had had his sports car
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  • The teacher asked: ”Who were they travelling with yesterday?”
    The teacher asked who they had been travelling with the day before
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  • The helper asked: ”What time are you going to finish tomorrow?”
    The helper asked what time we were going to finish the next day
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  • The player wondered: ”How many goals will we score this week?”
    The player wondered how many goals they would score that week.
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  • They wanted to know: ”Why weren’t we allowed to park here last month?”
    They wanted to know why they hadn’t been allowed to park there the month before.
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  • "It's a great idea to go to the beach." (MARIA, RECOMMEND)
    Maria recommended going to the beach. / Maria recommended that we go to the beach.
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  • "The children are riding their bikes", Jennifer said to me.
    Jennifer told me (that) the children were riding their bikes
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  • "We will have a house warming party next week", said Mike and Helen.
    Mike and Helen said that they would have a house warming party the next /followingweek
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  • "We have to call our lawyer", she said
    She said they had to call their lawyer
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  • "I will come tomorrow to fix the tap", the plumber told them.
    The plumber told them that he would go the next/following day to fix the tap.
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  • "This is the best holiday I have ever had", she told her friend.
    She told her friend that was the best holiday she had ever had.
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  • "Why did you say that to me?", she asked him.
    She asked him why he had said that to her.
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  • "Don't speak to your father like that", she told them.
    She told them not to speak to their father like that.
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