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Reported Speech Examples and Exercises

1. The document discusses reported speech and contains examples of statements being reported from one person to another using verbs like "said", "told", and "asked". 2. The examples involve people reporting things like losing an identity card, not taking a car, where someone lives, seeing a thief, how long it had been since eating, the quality of work done, not wanting to wear an old dress, and feeling ill. 3. The document also contains examples of requests being made using "asked", such as asking for a passport, not getting off a bus, taking a letter to the post office, collecting papers, not running in the street, waiting outside a cinema, and not going out without

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Reported Speech Examples and Exercises

1. The document discusses reported speech and contains examples of statements being reported from one person to another using verbs like "said", "told", and "asked". 2. The examples involve people reporting things like losing an identity card, not taking a car, where someone lives, seeing a thief, how long it had been since eating, the quality of work done, not wanting to wear an old dress, and feeling ill. 3. The document also contains examples of requests being made using "asked", such as asking for a passport, not getting off a bus, taking a letter to the post office, collecting papers, not running in the street, waiting outside a cinema, and not going out without

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Reported speech

Упр. 169

1. Jake told the policeman that he had lost his identity card.
2. Henry said to me that he hadn't taken my car.
3. Bob said to Tom that Henry didn't live next to him.
4. I told the policeman that I had seen the thief in the house.
5. He said that he had eaten nothing for two days.
6. Jack's chief said to him that he hadn't done that work properly.
7. Mary said that she didn't want to wear her old dress.
8. My wife said to me that she felt very bad, and she had a headache.
9. My friend told me that we had a lot of time to do our work.
10. I said to my sister that George had written me a long letter.

Упр. 170

1. I asked Jack to give me his passport.


2. The bus- driver told the passengers not to get off the bus while it was going.
3. Mary asked her secretary to take the letter to the Post Office.
4. The teacher asked Tom to collect the papers and put them on her table.
5. The old man told the little girl not to run across the street.
6. My friend asked me to wait for him outside the cinema at 6.
7. Mary's mother told her not to go out without her coat.
8. The doctor told the patient not to go back to work for a month.
9. Jack asked the policeman to tell him the time.
10. The policeman asked the passer-by to show pockets to him.

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