Indirect (Reported) Speech and Noun Clauses

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In today's lesson we continue our end of chapter exercises, for our chapter Indirect Speech (also known as Reported Speech).   This activity also completes the unit "Sentence Structure: Noun Clauses".

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Reported (Indirect Speech) Speech and Noun Clauses

 


The sentences in the paragraphs below contains indirect speech and noun clases.  Locate the errors in grammar, word order and sequence of tenses and rewrite each sentence correctly. (Not each sentence is incorrect.)

(1)  (no change)
(2)  Some of us don't even care about how the sun rises each morning or why the birds sing at dawn. 
(3)  no changes 
(4)  no changes 
(5)  no changes 
(6)  You wonder how anybody can travel into space and why there are shooting stars for people to make a wish on!

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