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Connectors, Rep Speech, Comp Pronouns, Infinitive, Gerund

The document provides examples of reported speech, comparative pronouns, and the use of infinitives and gerunds. It includes direct quotes and their corresponding transformations into reported speech, showcasing various grammatical structures. Additionally, it highlights common errors and corrections in these transformations.

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Connectors, Rep Speech, Comp Pronouns, Infinitive, Gerund

The document provides examples of reported speech, comparative pronouns, and the use of infinitives and gerunds. It includes direct quotes and their corresponding transformations into reported speech, showcasing various grammatical structures. Additionally, it highlights common errors and corrections in these transformations.

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CONNECTORS – REPORTED SPEECH – COMP.

PRONOUNS –
INF/GERUND

1. It was a sad film but we liked it very much. Although it was a sad film, we liked it very much.
2. “Why don´t you have a cup of coffee?” Sally told us. Sally asked us why we don`t have a cup of
coffee.
3. There´s nowhere I can go. I can´t go anywhere.
4. “What time will the bell ring?” I said to them. I asked them what time the bell would run.
5. “What about going out tonight?” he said. He suggested that going out that night.
6. I should have told Mary about the party; but I forgot it. I forgot to tell Mary about the party.
7. “I´m really sorry. I think I have broken your mobile phone” she said to me. She apologised for
breaking my mobile phone.
8. I will finish the exam and then I will go home. After I finish de exam I will go home.
9. “Send me a copy of your essay when you finish it” the teacher said to me. The teacher told me to
send her my essay when I finishing it.
10. I didn´t eat anything at the party. I eat nothing at the party.
11. “Could you be silent for a minute?” I said to them. I told them to being silent for a minute.
12. She says that we´ve met before; but I don´t remember it. I don`t remember having meet before.
13. “Could you give me one of your doughnuts, please?” Pete asked Sara if she could give him one
of her doughnuts.
14. “I haven´t studied it at all, so I won´t pass” she said. She told me she would not pass the exam
because she had not studied it at all.
15. Although it was raining, we enjoyed our excursions. We enjoyed our excursion in spite of been
raining.
16. “Did you watch last night´s film on TV?” she said to me. She told me if I had watched last
night`s film on TV.
17. I told your secret to everybody. But I am very sorry for that. I am very sorry for telling your
secret to everybody.
18. “Don´t cross the street when the traffic lights are red!” my mother said to me. My mother told
me not to cross the street when the traffic lights are red.
19. It was such a difficult exam that nobody passed it. The exam was so difficult that nobody passed
it.
20. They cancelled the flight because it was snowing very heavily. They cancelled the flight because
of it was snowing very heavily.
21. “Be silent or I will send you off” Gonzalo said to David and Alejandro. Gonzalo told them to be
silent or he would send them off.
22. “If I were you I would study harder” Mary said to her daughter. Mary told her daughter that she
should study harder.
23. Carol said to Jim: “I´m sorry I lost the CD you lent me”. Carol apologized for losing Jim`s CD.

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