====== Indirect speech (reported speech) – tandem exercise ======

Statements, questions and commands

<note>Report the sentences a few weeks after they were said. </note>

===== Example =====

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^Ex.|I **am** glad to be back at school. The holidays **were** so boring. |Peter said that he **was** glad to be back at school. The holidays **had been** so boring. |

===== Exercise =====
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^1|Sarah to Ann: “Go away!”|Sarah told Ann to go away. |
^2|Marc to his mother: “Have you seen my shirt?”|Marc asked his mother if she had seen his shirt. |
^3|Micky to Minnie: “I like your ears.”|Micky told Minnie that he liked her ears. |
^4|Mary to Sam: “Would you like to go shopping tomorrow?”|Mary asked Sam if he would like to go shopping the next day. |
^5|Marla: “I trained too hard.”|Marla said (that) she had trained too hard. |
^6|Angela to Marc: “What’s the problem?”|Angela asked Marc what the problem was. |
^7|Ms Smith to Angela: “Do you really want to be on that team?”|Ms Smith asked Angela if she really wanted to be on that team. |
^8|Carlos: “I come from Spain.”|Carlos said (that) he came from Spain. |
^9|Ms Smith to Angela: “Practise every day until next week.”|Ms Smith told Angela to practise every day until the following week. |
^10|Mom to Gareth: “Where were you last night?”|Mom asked Gareth where he had been the night before. |
^11|Peter to his dog: “Come here.”|Peter told his dog to come to him. |
^12|Sarah to Ann: “Peter may not phone me every day but I’m sure he thinks about me.”|Sarah told Ann that Peter might not phone her every day but (that) she was sure (that) he thought about her. |