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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
  • She wanted to know:”Were you informed about the meeting yesterday?”
    She wanted to know if I had been informed about the meeting the day before.
  • The teacher wanted to know:”Who discovered America?”
    The teacher wanted to know who had discovered America 
  • The fireman asked:”When is the fire engine going to be ready?”
    The fireman asked when the fire engine was going to be ready
  • Mrs. Wilson said: “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
  • He asked:” Are we going to start work tomorrow?”
    He asked if they were going to start work the next day.
  • The watchmaker asked:” Did you buy this Swiss watch at my place”?
    The watchmaker asked if I had bought that Swiss watch at his place
  • Sarah asked:” Do I have to sweep the floor after work?”
    Sarah asked if she had to sweep the floor after work.
  • The people asked:” Where would he go if he had the money?” Hint: 3rd conditional
    The people asked where he would go if he had had the money.
  • "Keep quiet "my teacher said
    The teacher told me to keep quiet.
  • The helper asked:”What time are you going to finish tomorrow?”
    The helper asked what time we were going to finish the next day
  •  Mary said:” I will play cards  tomorrow”. (Mary informed me…)
    Marry informed me that she would play cards the next day
  • Dave said:” 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 player wondered:”How many goals will we score this week?”
    The player wondered how many goals they would score that week.
  • 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.
  • "It's a great idea to go to the beach," said Maria. 
    Maria said(that) it was a great idea to go to the beach.
  • The hired works asked:” When will we be paid?”
    The hired workers asked when they would be paid.
  • They inquired:” Did you see Charles yesterday morning”?
    They inquired if I had seen Charles previous morning.
  • My father said to Ben:”I am sure I saw you here last week.”
    My father told Ben that he was sure he had seen him there the week before.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Sophie said:”I went to bed early last night”. (Sophie said ….)
    Sophie said that she had gone to bed early that night.
  • Judy said: “I have already written this essay four times.”
    Judy complained that she had already written that essay four times.
  • The commander asked:” Do our soldiers have enough weapons?”
    The commander wanted to know if their/his soldiers had enough weapons.
  • 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.
  • They wanted to know:” Will we go for a walk if the weather is fine?”
    They wanted to know if they would go for a walk if the weather was fine.
  • Betty said:” If I knew the answer I would tell you”. (Betty assured me ….)
    Betty assured me that if she had known the answer she would have told me
  • 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.
  • Miss Jackson said:”I warned you to study for the test a month ago.” (Miss Jackson reminded me...)
    Miss Jackson reminded me that she had warned me to study for the test a month before
  • " Do it again" he said
    He told me to do it again.
  • Gloria said:” 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 referee asked:”How many players do you want to substitute?”
    The referee asked how many players I wanted to substitute.
  • He asked:”Where have you been Tom?”
    He asked me where I had been
  • The assistant asked:” Are you looking for something?”
    The assistant asked if I was looking for something
  • Mark said:”My friend Gary has found a new job in the music business.”
    Mark said that his friend Gary had found a new job in the music business.
  • The captain asked:”When will we get to the coast?”
    The captain asked when they would get to the coast.
  • They inquired:” Have they ever been to America?”
    They inquired if they had ever been to America.
  • He asked:”What would you do if you were a celebrity?”
    He asked me what I would do if I had been a celebrity.
  • She wondered:” How much pay can I expect?”
    She wondered how much pay she could expect.
  • "Please, don’t hit the dog". (HE, BEG)
    He begged me not to hit the dog.
  • The pilot asked:” Have you prepared the runway for our flight?”
    The pilot asked if I had prepared the runway for their flight.
  • The gardener inquired:”Why didn’t you buy a new shovel?”
    The gardener inquired why I hadn’t bought a new shovel.
  • The rock star asked:”Would you sing the song with me?”
    The rock star asked me if I would sing the song with him.
  • 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.
  • The instructor asked me:” have you ever worked with groups from abroad?”
    The instructor asked me if I had ever worked with groups from aboard
  • 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 coach asked:”What is he doing now?”
    The coach asked what he was doing then.
  • "Don’t touch the wire with wet hands". (THE ELECTRICIAN, WARN)
    The electrician warned me not to touch the wire with wet hands.
  • Daddy wanted to know:” Are you going to be a lawyer Kevin?”
    Daddy wanted to know if Kevin was going to be a lawyer.
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