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Put the following into indirect speech. Pay close attention
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He said, "I will meet you outside
the post office at three tomorrow afternoon." |
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The teacher told us, "The freezing
point of water is 0oC." |
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"When I dropped the jug, it smashed
to pieces," my little brother says. |
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The man said, "I have seen you
somewhere before." |
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The mechanic said, "Your car was
ready last night, but you did not come to get it." |
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Helen says, "When my examination is
over, I will visit you." |
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He said, "I shall return your
magazines tomorrow." |
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"My car broke down, and I had to
walk two kilometers to get to a phone-booth," the man said. |
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"An English play is being held in
the school hall now," she told us. |
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"The building burnt down many years
before we moved here," my father told me. |
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Answers |
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He said that he would meet me
outside the post office at three the following afternoon. |
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The teacher told us that the
freezing point of water is 0oC. |
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My little brother says that when he
dropped the jug, it smashed to pieces. |
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The man said that he had seen me
somewhere before. |
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The mechanic said that my car had
been ready the night before, but I had not gone to get it. |
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Helen says that when her
examination is over, she will visit me. |
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He said that he would return my
magazines the next day. |
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The man said that his car had
broken down and that he had had to walk two kilometers to get to
a phone-booth. |
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She told us that an English play
was being held in the school hall then. |
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My father told me that the building
had burnt down many years before we moved there. |
