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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7B - Reported speech for the textbook Solutions Upper-Intermediate - Workbook with authors Tim Falla and Paul A. Davies from Oxford University Press

Question

Report the dialogue using say or ask in the past simple.

Answer

Dan asked Zoe if she was going to the concert the next evening. Zoe said she wasn’t. She said she didn’t have any money. Dan said he’d lend her some. He asked her how much she needed. Zoe said that was really kind of him, but she had to finish her homework too. Dan asked her if she’d like him to help her finish it. Zoe asked him if he spoke German. Dan said he didn’t. He asked her if her cousin did. Zoe said she did. She said perhaps she should ask her.