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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.
  • The pilot asked if I/he/she had prepared the runway for their flight.
    The pilot asked:” Have you prepared the runway for our flight?”
  • The rock star asked:”Would you sing the song with me?”
    The rock star asked me if I would sing the song with him.
  • Sarah asked if she had to sweep the floor after work.
    Sarah asked:” Do I have to sweep the floor after work?”
  • Judy complained that she had already written that essay four times.
    Judy: “I have already written this essay four times.”
  • The teacher wanted to know who had discovered America
    The teacher wanted to know:”Who discovered America?”
  • He wanted to know:”How long has Peter had his sports car?”
    He wanted to know how long Peter had had his sports car
  • The captain asked the guide when they would get to the coast.
    The captain asked:”When will we get to the coast, guide?”
  • Dave:” I was outside the classroom during the break but I saw a group of my colleagues inside the room.” (Dave said that …)
    Dave said that he had been outside the classroom during the break but he had seen a group of his colleagues inside the room.
  • He asked:”What would you do if you were a celebrity?”
    He asked me what I would have done if I had been a celebrity.
  • Mark said that his friend Gary had found a new job in the music business.
    Mark:”My friend Gary has found a new job in the music business.”
  • Daddy wanted to know if Kevin was going to be a lawyer.
    Daddy wanted to know:” Are you going to be a lawyer Kevin?”
  • 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.
  • The assistant asked if I was looking for something
    The assistant asked:” Are you looking for something?”
  • The fireman asked when the fire engine was going to be ready
    The fireman asked:”When is the fire engine going to be ready?”
  • The helper asked:”What time are you going to finish tomorrow?”
    The helper asked what time we were going to finish the next day
  • Sophie said:”I went to bed early last night”. (Sophie said ….)
    Sophie said that she had gone to bed early that night.
  • Mrs. Wilson: “No one has ever spoken to me like this before.” (Mrs. Wilson said …)
    Mrs. Wilson said that no one had ever spoken to her like that before
  • My father told Ben that he was sure he had seen him there the week before.
    . My father to Ben:”I am sure I saw you here last week.”
  • They inquired:” Have they ever been to America?”
    They inquired if they had ever been to America.
  • She wanted to know if I had been informed about the meeting the day before.
    She wanted to know:”Were you informed about the meeting yesterday?”
  • He said:” Tomorrow at five o’clock I will be sitting on a train to Glasgow.” (He said that…)
    He said that the next day at five o’clock he would be sitting on a train to Glasgow.
  • The referee asked:”How many players do you want to substitute?”
    The referee asked how many players I/we/he wanted to substitute.
  • The hired workers asked when they would be paid.
    The hired works asked:” When will we be paid?”
  • The teacher asked:” Who were they travelling with yesterday?”
    The teacher asked who they had been travelling with the day before
  • The commander asked:” Do our soldiers have enough weapons?”
    The commander wanted to know if their/his soldiers had enough weapons.
  • The instructor asked me if I had ever worked with groups from aboard
    The instructor asked me:” have you ever worked with groups from abroad?”
  • The coach asked what he was doing then.
    The coach asked:”What is he doing now?”
  • He asked:”Where have you been Tom?”
    He asked me where I had been
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