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Reported Speech

The document contains 19 reported statements and commands as well as their corresponding reported questions. The statements and commands report things that various people said or were told, such as "I can stay at home" or "Don't sleep!". The corresponding questions report things that were asked, such as "Do you like to sing?" or "Why are you crying?".

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Reported Speech

The document contains 19 reported statements and commands as well as their corresponding reported questions. The statements and commands report things that various people said or were told, such as "I can stay at home" or "Don't sleep!". The corresponding questions report things that were asked, such as "Do you like to sing?" or "Why are you crying?".

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1. Reported Statements and 2.

Reported General and Special


Commands: Questions:
1. She said, “I can stay at home”. 1. She asked, “Do you like to sing?”
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2. He said, “I live in London”. 2.Tim asked, “Did you visit London?”
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3. Tom said to him, “I phoned you”. 3. I asked, “Was your trip OK?”
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4. I said, “I will go to the party”. 4. He asked, “Will you arrive at 6?”
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5. He said, “I’ve just finished it”. 5. She asked, “Were you at home?”
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6. Ben said, “The train leaves at 5”. 6. He asked her, “Can you swim?”
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7. Liz said, “Kate took my book”. 7. They asked, “Does she ski well?”
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8. Paul said, “Pam is writing a test”. 8.I asked, “Have you seen my dog?”
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9. I said, “Tim was in the hospital”. 9. We asked, “Were you in Spain?”
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10. He said, “I’ve lost my key”. 10.Kate asked, “Is Bill at school?”
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11. She said to us, “Stand up!” 11. I asked, “Where do you live?”
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12. He said to them, “Don’t sleep!” 12.He asked, “Why are you crying?”
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13. They said to me, “Run!” 13.I asked, “Why didn’t you come?”
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14.I said to him, “Don’t take it!” 14.They asked, “What do you play?”
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15. She said to me, “Don’t talk!” 15.We asked, “What has he seen?”
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16.He said to us, “Write the test!”. 16.She asked, ”When will he come?”
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17.My mum said to me, “Stop it!” 17.I asked, ”What is he doing?”
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18.She said to him, “Don’t smoke!” 18.We asked, “Why was he absent?”
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19.He said to her: “Call me at 11!” 19.He asked,”Where are you from?”
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KEY:

1.Reported Statements and Commands: 2. Reported General and Special


1. She said, “I can stay at home”. Questions:
She said that she could stay at home. 1. She asked, “Do you like to sing?”
2. He said, “I live in London”. She asked if I liked to sing.
He said that he lived in London. 2. Tim asked, “Did you visit London?”
3. Tom said to him, “I phoned you”. Tim asked if I had visited London.
Tom told him that he had phoned him. 3. I asked, “Was your trip OK?”
4. I said, “I will go to the party”. I asked if her/his trip had been OK.
I said that I would go to the party. 4. He asked, “Will you arrive at 6?”
5. He said, “I’ve just finished it”. He asked if I would arrive at 6.
He said that he had just finished it. 5. She asked, “Were you at home?”
6. Ben said, “The train leaves at 5”. She asked if I/she had been at home
Ben said that the train left at 5. 6. He asked her, ”Can you swim?”
7. Liz said, “Kate took my book”. He asked her if she could swim.
Liz said that Kate had taken her book. 7. They asked, “Does she ski well?”
8. Paul said, “Pam is writing a test”. They asked if she skied well.
Paul said that Pam was writing a test. 8.I asked, “Have you seen my dog?”
9. I said, “Tim was in the hospital”. I asked if they/he had seen my dog.
I said that Tim had been in the hospital. 9. We asked, “Were you in Spain?”
10. He said, “I’ve lost my key”. We asked if he/she had been in Spain.
He said that he had lost his key. 10. Kate asked, “Is Bill at school?”
11. She said to us, “Stand up!” Kate asked if Bill was at school.
She told us to stand up. 11. I asked, “Where do you live?”
12. He said to them, “Don’t sleep!” I asked where they/he/she lived.
He told them not to sleep. 12. He asked, “Why are you crying?”
13. They said to me, “Run!” He asked why he/she was crying.
He told me to run. 13. I asked, “Why didn’t you come?”
14. I said to him, “Don’t take it!” I asked why he/she hadn’t come.
I told him not to take it. 14. They asked, “What do you play?”
15. She said to me, “Don’t talk!” They asked what we played.
She told me not to talk. 15. We asked, “What has he seen?”
16. He said to us, “Write the test!” We asked what he had seen.
He told us to write the test. 16. She asked, ”When will he come?”
17. My mum said to me, “Stop it!” She asked when he would come.
My mum told me to stop it. 17. I asked, ”What is he doing?”
18. She said to him, “Don’t smoke!” I asked what he was doing.
She told him not to smoke. 18. We asked, “Why was he absent?”
19. He said to her, “Call me at 11!” We asked why he had been absent.
He told her to call him at 11. 19. He asked, ”Where are you from?”
He asked where I/she was from.

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