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nts a few holidays at the end of that month. Tom said, ‘You’d better translate the book into English.’ The student said, ‘ I really don’t know I must finish the work a week ago.’ The teacher said, ‘I will give my students a few holidays at the end of this month.’ Questions: *We use noun clauses introduced by whether/if to report yes/noquestions. ‘Are all ads playing tricks on us?’I asked her. I asked her whether/if all ads were playing tricks on us. *We use noun clauses introduced by whwords to report whquestions. I asked her, ‘How can that be true?’ I asked her how that could be true. “Where did you find the ads for jobs abroad?’Bill asked. Bill asked where I had found the ads for jobs abroad. Practice: Change the following sentences into reported speech. 1 My mother asked me, ‘Do you want to go to the Great Wall with me?’ 2 The teacher asked the boy, ‘How many pages have you read today?’ 3 I asked Li Ying, ‘ Where and when were you born?’ My mother asked me whether I wanted to go to the Great Wall with her. The teacher asked the boy how many pages he had read that day. I asked Li Ying where and when he was born. Imperative sentences: *To report imperative sentences, we use the structure: reporting verb+object+(not)+toinfinitive. ‘Don’t worry,Mickey,’ Jen said. Jen asked Mickey not to worry. *other verbs can be