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Reported Speech b1+ b2

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  • They inquired:” Did you see Charles yesterday morning”?
    They inquired if I had seen Charles that morning.
  • The commander asked:” Do our soldiers have enough weapons?”
    The commander wanted to know if their/his soldiers had enough weapons.
  • The teacher asked:” Who were they travelling with yesterday?”
    The teacher asked who they had been travelling with the day before
  • 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 coach wanted to know:” Can you do your best boys?”
    The coach wanted to know from the boys if they could do their best.
  • He told me:”You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen”. (He told me …)
    He told me that I was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen
  • The people asked:” Where would he go if he had the money?” Hint: 3rd conditional
    The people asked where he would have gone if he had had the money.
  • . Mary said:” I will play cards the day after tomorrow”. (Mary informed me…)
    Marry informed me that she would play cards the following day/the next day
  • He wanted to know:”How long has Peter had his sports car?”
    He wanted to know how long Peter had had his sports car
  • He asked:”Where have you been Tom?”
    He asked Tom where he had been
  • The helper asked:”What time are you going to finish tomorrow?”
    The helper asked what time we were going to finish the next day
  • They inquired:” Have they ever been to America?”
    They inquired if they had ever been to America.
  • Sophie said:”I went to bed early last night”. (Sophie said ….)
    Sophie said that she had gone to bed early the night before.
  • The watchmaker asked:” Did you buy this Swiss watch at my place”?
    The watchmaker asked if he/she had bought that Swiss watch at his place
  • The referee asked:”How many players do you want to substitute?”
    The referee asked how many players I/we/he wanted to substitute.
  • He asked:” Are we going to start work tomorrow?”
    He asked if they were going to start work the next day.
  • The player wondered:”How many goals will we score this week?”
    The player wondered how many goals they would score that week.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • The rock star asked:”Would you sing the song with me?”
    The rock star asked me if I would sing the song with him.
  • Gloria:” I am sorry but I can’t come to your birthday party because I am going away for the weekend.” (Gloria explained that …)
    Gloria explained that she was really sorry but she couldn’t come to my party because she was going away for the weekend.
  • 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 gardener inquired:”Why didn’t you buy a new shovel?”
    The gardener inquired why I hadn’t bought a new shovel.
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