Homework

1 E X. 1
The author said all of his stories were set there in his hometown.

The teacher said I had to look up new words in that dictionary.

He said he would tell me how the story ends if I do not finish the book by that night.

They said she was presenting her new trilogy that day.

She said she hadn’t written a children’s fiction before but she might start a new book the
next year

2 E X. 2
1. The bookseller said (to) me that the book I was looking
for were (was) no longer for sale.

2. The tourists asked to their guide how much did the

city map cost.

3. Lots of fans said (to) the famous author to sign our(their) copies.

4. My grandfather once told (me) that when he was younger,

he can(could) fly a helicopter.

5. They wanted to know if whether(we need to remove either “if” or “whether”) we ever read
e-books in your(our) free time

3 E X. 3
The secretary asked me if I had filled in all the forms.

The interviewer wanted to know where he/she was born.

Tony asked James why he hadn’t enjoyed the Harry Potter novel.

Mum asked my sister why didn’t she like reading.

I asked the librarian if I could flick through the new books.

4 E X. 4
A - say
B - is

C - said

D - would start

E - told

F - copies

G - tell

H - asked

I - takes

5 E X. 5
C