Exercise 12. Report the following special questions, start with the words in brackets .

1. Where is he going? (He didn’t tell anybody…)

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2. When will they return? (Did you know…)

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3. When must we start? (I wanted to know …)

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4. When did it all happen? (Nobody knew …)

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5. Who has made all this mess? (She asked them …)

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6. Why were they decorating the house? (He wanted to know …)

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7. How much will I have to pay for this? (I had no idea …)

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8. Where did I put my address book? (I forgot…)

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9. What can we do to help? (We were interested …)

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10. How long does it take you to get to work by bike? (He wondered…)

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Exercise 13. Write the original direct questions.

1. I asked the girl what sort of work her father did.

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2. We wondered if Sandra was going on holiday with her daughter.

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3. She wanted to know if the doctors had given me some medicine.

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4. I asked my Granny if she was feeling better now.

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5. He asked me how long I had lived in Spain.

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6. Mary wondered if Jane would be busy the next day.

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7. Kate asked her friend what she liked to do on her days off.

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8. They wanted to know if they could join the sports club.

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9. I asked the shop assistant if I might speak to the manager.

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10. He asked his son if he was in a hurry.

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11. Jane wondered where they would meet.

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Exercise 14. Read the following report of an interview with Celia Young, а writer. Write

the actual words of the interview in direct speech. The beginning has been

done for you.

I asked Celia Young why she had written another romantic novel. She said that she found romantic fiction easy to write, but that her next novel wouldn’t be a romance. She was hoping to write something different, possibly a detective story.

I told her that I was interested in the character of Felix and asked if he was anyone she knew from real life. Celia laughed and replied that she was glad that she didn’t have a Felix in her life, and that she had been happily married for over fifteen years to Richard Marsh, the politician. I said that she had now written five novels, and I asked when she had started writing. She answered that she had written stories and poems all her life and that she would continue to write even when she was an old lady.

I thanked her for talking to me and said that I hoped that her novel Hot Lips would be successful.

Interviewer: Why did you write another romantic novel?

Celia Young: I find romantic fiction easy to write, but my next novel won’t be a romance.

I’m hoping to …..

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