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Reported Speech

Reported Commands (explanation), Affirmative Commands (exercise 1), exercise 2, Negative Commands (exercise 1), exercise 2, Commands - mixed (exercise 1), exercise 2
Reported Statements (explanation), Statements (exercise), Statements with expressions of time (exercise)

Reported Questions (explanation), Reported Questions (exercise1), exercise 2, exercise 3, Reported Questions with expressions of time (exercise)

Reported Speech (more explanation), Reporting Verbs

Quiz 1, Quiz 2, Quiz 3, Quiz 4, Quiz 5, Quiz 6

Exercise 1, Exercise 2, Exercise 3, Exercise 4, Exercise 5, Exercise 6, Exercise 7, Exercise 8, Exercise 9, Exercise 10, Exercise 11, Exercise 12, Exercise 13
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