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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8B - Reported speech (1) for the textbook Solutions Pre-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Tim Falla and Paul A. Davies from Oxford University Press

Question

Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech. You may have to change pronouns and references to time or place.

Answer

  1. The police inspector said that they had arrested the culprits the Tuesday before.
  2. Mike said that somebody had broken into their house the night before.
  3. Kate said that people sometimes sold drugs outside her school.
  4. The police officer said that they were going to study the CCTV footage that day.
  5. Fred said that John had stolen a camera from a shop the day before.
  6. Sam said that the police were looking for the thief who had stolen his car.