Question

Exercise 1. Fill in “say” or “tell” in the correct form.
1) The little girl ______ her prayers and went to bed.
2) I really can’t _______ Jane from Kate. They are twins.
3) “I haven’t got enough money”, he said to John.
4) He _______ he would meet us later.
Exercise 3. Report the police-officer’s questions to the shop owner.
1. What’s your name?
2. Did you see the robbers?
3. What were they wearing?
4. How do you think they got in?
5. What did they take?
6. Has this ever happened before?

1. The police officer asked him what his name was.
2. …………………………………………………..
3. …………………………………………………..
4. …………………………………………………..
5. …………………………………………………..
6. …………………………………………………..

Answer 1

Ex. 1
1. says.
2. tell.
3. said.
4. said
Ex. 3
1. The police officer asked him what was his name.
2. The police officer asked him if he had seen the robbers.
3. The police officer asked him what had they been wearing.
4. The police officer asked him how did he think they had got in?
5. The police officer asked him what had they taken?
6. The police officer asked him if this had ever happened before?

Answer 2

# 1
1 said
2 tell
3 said
4 said

#3
2. The police officer asked him whether he had seen the robbers.
3. The police officer asked him what they had been wearing.
4. The police officer asked him how he thought they had got in.
5. The police officer asked him what they had taken.
6. The police officer asked him whether that had ever happened before.