Answer Key

Exercise

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Report what Tom said...
  1. Tom: "I'm thinking about it." - Tom said he  [was thinking] about it.
  2. Tom: "I want to go home." - Tom said he  [wanted to go] home.
  3. Tom: "What do you mean?" - Tom wanted to know what  [I meant] .
  4. Tom: "Has Jane received the fax?" - Tom asked me  [if Jane had received] the fax.
  5. Tom: "Don't shout at me." - Tom told me  [not to shout at him, that I should not shout at him, that I shouldn't shout at him] .
  6. Tom: "I don't understand the problem." - Tom said he  [did not understand, didn't understand] the problem.
  7. Tom: "Will you help me?" - Tom asked me if  [I would help him] .
  8. Tom: "You can come and stay at my flat if you are ever in Chicago." - Tom said that I [could come and stay at his flat if I was] ever in Chicago.
  9. Tom: "Do you have any plans for the weekend?" - Tom asked me  [if I had] any plans for the weekend.
  10. Tom: "China is bigger than India." - Tom said that China  [is] bigger than India.