"Why were the empty bottles on the carpet?", my parents wanted to know.
My parents wanted to knoy why the empty bottles were on the carpet.
" The cat is dead because you forgot to feed it!", my sister shouted at me.
My sister shouted at me that the cat was dead because I had forgotten to feed it.
Sam said to his friend, " Let´s meet here in an hour" ( suggest)
Sam suggested meeting there in an hour / that they meet there in an hour.
Mr. Sandman said to his son, " Post these letters" ( tell)
Mr Sandman told his son to port those letters.
" My best friend is leaving now", my sister said.
My sister said that her best friend was leaving then.
" I have been sleeping with my best friend", he admitted.
He admitted that he had been sleeping with his best friend.
Choose a person from your team. Ask a question in direct speech so that he/ turns it into a reported question. If he/she is right, you´ll get the points.
Wh-/ If/ wheather + S+ verb
" I phoned you yesterday", she claimed.
She claimed that she had phoned you the day before.
" I´ll see you next week", he promised.
He promised that he would see you the following week.
" Keep yout hands inside the ride", the worker warned us.
The worker warned us to keep our hands inside the ride.
"What has happened to the plants?", my mother wanted to know.
My mother wanted to know what had happended to the plants.
Choose any person you want from your team. Give him or her an order to put in reported speech. If it´s right, you´ll get the points.
To / not to + infinitive
" Can you give us an explanation?", the old woman asked him.
The old woman asked him if he colud give her an explanation.
" How did you break this window?", the police wanted to know.
The police wanted to know how I had broken that window.
"Where is the TV?", I wondered.
I wondered where the TV was.
"Here I go again", Peter said.
Peter said there he went again.
"Stop picking your nose", he ordered her.
He odered her to stop picking her nose.
" I would never lie to you", Steve told Kate.
Steve told Kate that he would never lie to her.
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