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Kittixay

#456795 Tue, 25 Dec 07 01:31 AM

1. Can you do the exercise on direct questions?
2. The plane which I went to London on it has flown 10,000 miles.
3. Yesterday evening Bill had a phone call from Sally, he was very surprised and happy because he ahd written to her many times but she had never replied to his letters.

4. Direct Speech
    My younger brother said,' Did you hear what grandpa said? '

    Indirect Speech
    My younger brother asked me that whether I had heard what grandpa had said.

Kittixay

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Direct speech, Indirect speech, Direct questions

CalifJim

#456843 Tue, 25 Dec 07 04:20 AM

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1. Can you do the exercise on direct questions? OK.
2. The plane which I went to London on it has flown 10,000 miles.
3. Yesterday evening Bill had a phone call from Sally. He he was very surprised and happy because he had ~~ahd~~ written to her many times but she had never replied to his letters.

4. Direct Speech
    My younger brother said,' Did you hear what grandpa said? '

    Indirect Speech
    My younger brother asked me ~~that~~ whether I had heard what grandpa had said.
>>

You've done very well!

CJ

CalifJim

Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004

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Direct speech, Indirect speech, Direct questions

Hoa Thai

#456848 Tue, 25 Dec 07 04:52 AM

CalifJim wrote:

Yesterday evening Bill had a phone call from Sally. He he was very surprised and happy because he had ~~ahd~~ written to her many times but she had never replied to his letters.

Hi CalifJim,

Would I be able to keep the sentence grammatically correct if I change 'had written' to 'wrote' and 'had never replied' to 'never replied' ?

Thanks,
Hoa Thai
EDIT NOTE: I think it is okay to use simple past with the presence of the word 'because' - but I am not sure.

Hoa Thai