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9.George couldn't help me. He ……… me to ask Kate.

10.George couldn't help me. He ……… to ask Kate.

B. People (a) ……… me that the crime rate is rising in Britain. My newspaper

(b) ……… today that the prisons are overcrowded and the wardens (c) ………

that they cannot cope with more prisoners. The judges have been (d) ………

only to send the most important criminals to prison. However, a friend of mine who works for the prison service, (e) ……… me last week that the courts are still sending most convicted criminals to prison in spite of what they have been

(f)……… . The prisoners themselves (g) ……… that their conditions are unbearable and that they have been (h) ……… the prison authorities this for a long time.

Ex. 2. Somebody says something to you which is the opposite of what they said before. Write a suitable answer beginning I thought you said ...

e.g. A: Thai restaurant is expensive.

B:Is it? I thought you said it was cheap.

A:Ann is coming to the party tonight.

B:Is she? I thought you said she .............................................................…

A:Ann likes Paul.

B:Does she? I thought ...........………………………………………………

A: I know lots of people.

B: Do you? I thought yon said you...................................................................

A:I'll be here next week.

B:Will you?......................................................................................................

A:I'm going out this evening.

B:Are you?.......................................................................................................

A:1 can speak a little French.

B:Can you?........................................................................................................

A:I haven't been to the cinema for ages.

B:Haven't you?………...................................................................................

Ex. 3. Put the following statements into Indirect Speech

1. Masha said: "I usually spend my holidays in the south." 2. She said: "I spent my holidays in the Crimea last year." 3. Boris said: "I go to the south every year." 4. He said: "I am going to a rest-home tomorrow." 5. Ann said to us: "They haven't yet come." 6. She said to us: "They arrived in St. Petersburg yesterday." 7. I said: "I was in London last year. My friends in London sometimes invite me to spend my holidays with them." 8. Nick said: "I have never been to London. I think I shall go there next year." 9. He said: "I shall not stay with my friends too long." 10. He said to me: "They are staying at the