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"Do you know when he
will be back ?" she asked. "I have a message for him."
She asked if I knew when he would be back and added that she had
a message for him. |
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"Do you feel tired after the
journey ?" his mother asked. "You had better take a rest," she
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"Where did you put my purse ?" my
sister asked. "I need some money now." |
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"Are you going out now ? If you
are, can you buy me a pen on your way back ?" William asked. |
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"Did you read the notice on the
board ?" he asked excitedly. "It says that tomorrow is a school
holiday." |
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"Who is knocking on the door ?" Mr
White asked. "Paul, go and see who it is." |
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"Are you searching for something?"
he inquired. "Do you want me to help you ?" |
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"This room is very warm," Mary
complained. "Susan, would you like to come for a walk with me ?" |
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I asked the typist, "Is the manager
in the office ? I would like to see him on some urgent
business." |
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"I can hear some queer noises
coming from that house," Jimmy whispered to David. "What do you
think they are ?" |
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"Is there anything for me to eat ?"
I asked. "I haven't eaten anything since morning, and I'm
hungry." |
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"Do you have to follow me wherever
I go ?" John scolded his little brother. "Why don't you find
yourself something else to do ?" |
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"Shall we come to fetch you ?" they
inquired. "We shall be passing your house on the way, so it will
be no bother." |
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"Switch off that torch at once !"
he ordered the man. "Do you want everybody to know what we are
doing ?" |
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"Come here, both of you !" Mr Smith
told the two boys. "What are you shouting at each other
for ?" |
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We stopped the car and asked the
workmen, "Can we use this road now, or do we have to turn back ?
We are in a hurry and would like to use this shorter route." |
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Answers |
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His mother asked him if he felt
tired after the journey and advised him to take a rest. |
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My sister asked me where I had put
her purse and said that she needed some money then. |
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William enquired whether I was
going out then and asked me if I could buy him a pen on my way
back. |
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He asked me excitedly whether I had
read the notice on the board saying that the next day was a
school holiday. |
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Mr White asked who was knocking on
the door and told Paul to go and see who it was. |
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He asked me whether I was searching
for something and offered to help me. |
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Mary complained that the room was
very warm and invited Susan to go for a walk with her. |
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I asked the typist whether the
manager was in the office and added that I would like to see him
on some urgent business. |
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Jimmy told David that he could hear
some queer noises coming from that house and asked David what he
thought they were. |
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I asked her whether there was
anything for me to eat and told her that i was hungry as I
hadn't eaten anything since morning. |
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John scolded his little brother for
following him wherever he went and suggested that he find
something else to do. |
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They asked me whether they should
come to fetch me and added that they would be passing my house
on the way, so it would be no bother. |
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He ordered the man to switch off
that torch at once and asked whether he wanted everybody to know
what they were doing. |
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Mar Smith called the two boys and
asked them what they were shouting at each other for. |
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We stopped the car and asked the
workmen whether we could use that road then or whether we had to
turn back. We added that we were in a hurry and would have liked
to use that shorter route. |
