VI. Report these sentences. Make any necessary changes to verb tense, pronouns, etc.
1. 'We have found the missing girl,' said the police last night.
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2. 'I'll drop you from the team if you don't train harder,' said the captain.
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3. 'I'd buy the big tin if I were you,' said the grocer.
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4. 'Here are the car keys. You'd better wait in the car,' he said to her.
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5. 'Why didn't you tell me about that yesterday, Peter?' Jane asked.
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6. 'Would you please wait in the lounge till your flight number is called?' she said.
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7. 'I gave you my textbook last week. I insist,' Tom said.
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8. 'Could you speak more slowly, please? 1 can't understand,' he said to me.
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9. 'I hope you have a good journey,' he said, 'Don't forget to send a card when you arrive.'
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10. 'I'm sorry 1 didn't phone you earlier. I was very busy,' Jill said to me.
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11. 'It's not true! I have never been arrested!' Larry said.
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12. 'Why not decorate your baby's room?' Ann said, 'If you like, I'll help you do the decorating, Sue.'
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13. 'You pressed the wrong button,' said the mechanic. 'Don't do it again. You might have a nasty accident.'
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14. 'Can you answer the phone? I'm having shower!' he said to his son.
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15. 'Would you like a cup of coffee?' I said to Jim. 'No, thanks. I must go now,' he said.
VI. Report these sentences. Make any necessary changes to verb tense, pronouns, etc.
1. 'We have found the missing girl,' said the police last night.
=> Last night, the police said (that) they had found the missing girl.
2. 'I'll drop you from the team if you don't train harder,' said the captain.
=> The captain threatened to drop me! us from the team if I / we didn`t train harder.
3. 'I'd buy the big tin if I were you,' said the grocer.
=> The grocer advised me to buy a big tin.
4. 'Here are the car keys. You'd better wait in the car,' he said to her.
=> He gave her the car keys and advised her to wait in the car.
5. 'Why didn't you tell me about that yesterday, Peter?' Jane asked.
=> Jane asked Peter why he hadn`t told/ didn`t tell her about that the day before.
6. 'Would you please wait in the lounge till your flight number is called?' she said.
=> She asked me to wait in the lounge till my flight number was called.
7. 'I gave you my textbook last week. I insist,' Tom said.
=> Tom insisted on giving me his textbook the week before.
8. 'Could you speak more slowly, please? 1 can't understand,' he said to me.
=> He asked me to speak more slowly because he couldn`t understand.
9. 'I hope you have a good journey,' he said, 'Don't forget to send a card when you arrive.'
=> He wished me a good jouney and reminded me to send a card when I arrived/ had arrived.
10. 'I'm sorry 1 didn't phone you earlier. I was very busy,' Jill said to me.
=> Jill apologized for not phoning me earlie`r and explained that he was/ had been very busy.
11. 'It's not true! I have never been arrested!' Larry said.
=> Larry denied ever having been arrested.
12. 'Why not decorate your baby's room?' Ann said, 'If you like, I'll help you do the decorating, Sue.'
=> Ann suggested decorating the baby`s room and offered to help Sue do the decorating.
13. 'You pressed the wrong button,' said the mechanic. 'Don't do it again. You might have a nasty accident.'
=> The mechanic pointed out that I had pressed the wrong button and warned me not to do it again or I might have a nasty accident.
14. 'Can you answer the phone? I'm having shower!' he said to his son.
=> He asked his son to answer the phone because he was having shower.
15. 'Would you like a cup of coffee?' I said to Jim. 'No, thanks. I must go now,' he said.
=> I offered Jim a cup of coffee but he refused and said that he had to go then.