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  • “Why don’t we start early so that I can avoid traffic?” he suggested.
    He suggested staying early so that he could avoid traffic/ He suggested that we start…
  • “Please clean the kitchen before your guests arrive,” Mom asked me.
    Mum asked me to clean the kitchen before my guests arrived
  • Give two examples of reporting verbs in Statements, Questions, Commands and Suggestions
    Say/ tell/ ask/ want to know/ order/ command/ suggest/ recommend
  • Laura warned us, “Don’t stay here if you want to be the best at the competition today”
    Laura warned us not to stay there if we wanted to be the best at the competition that day
  • What are the four types of sentences that can be transformed into Reported Speech?
    Statements, questions, commands and suggestions
  • “Shut up right now because this room is for people who want to study”, they commanded me
    They commanded me to shut up right then because that room was for people who wanted to study
  • “Do you know if your colleague will attend this meeting?” Sarah asked.
    Sarah asked if I knew if my colleague would attend that meeting
  • “Don’t forget to feed the dog while I’m staying at this place,” she reminded me.
    She reminded me not to forget to feed the dog while she was staying at that place
  • “Did you see my cousin while you were crossing this street?” Laura asked me
    Laura asked me if I had seen her cousin while I had been crossing that street
  • Jack wanted to know, “Where is your sister going to meet my brother tomorrow?”
    Jack wanted to know where my sister was going to meet his brother the following day
  • Miriam asked me, “Were you watching TV for such a long time yesterday?”
    Miriam asked me if I had been watching TV for such a long time the previous day
  • Give an example of three different ways to make a suggestion
    Let’s go to the cinema/ What about going to the cinema?/ Why don’t we go to the cinema?/ Shall we go to the cinema?…
  • “When are you going to call me if the interview goes well?” John asked.
    John asked when I was going to call him if the interview went well
  • Mary said, “I must finish this essay before next Friday and I may send it to you”
    Mary said that she had to finish that essay before the following Friday and she might send it to me
  • “Let’s go for a walk after dinner tonight because this landscape is beautiful,” she suggested.
    She suggested going for a walk after dinner that night because that landscape was beautiful
  • “She won’t attend my conference because she has a lot of work tomorrow”, Mark said.
    Mark said that she wouldn’t attend his conference because she had a lot work to do the following day
  • “Can you tell me why he’s acting so strange?” she asked.
    She asked if I could tell her why he was acting so strange
  • How can suggestions be transformed into Reported Speech? Explain the two ways
    - ing/ that we + infinitive
  • “I moved here because my company transferred me last year”, she said.
    She said that she had moved there because her company had transferred her the previous year
  • “You don’t have to stay here with me today”, George said
    George said that I didn’t have to stay there with him that day
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