Question

3. Report the following sentences 1) Mr Brown asked: <Helen, please give me your copybook> 2) The headmaster says: < The students are doing a history project now> 3) A stranger asked the boy: <What’s the time?> 4) Mike said: < Return the copybook quickle>

Answer 1

1) Mr Brown asked Helen to give him her copybook.
2) The headmaster says that the students are doing a history project now.
3) A stranger asked the boy what time it was.
4) Mike asked for the copybook to be returned immediately.

Answer 2

Sentence 1:

"Mr Brown asked: 'Helen, please give me your copybook.'"

Sentence 2:

"The headmaster says: 'The students are doing a history project now.'"

Sentence 3:

"A stranger asked the boy: 'What's the time?'"

Sentence 4:

"Mike said: 'Return the copybook quickly.'"

These sentences are reported speech, where someone is reporting what another person said. In reported speech, we usually change the tense and pronouns to match the reporting context. Here are the reported versions of the sentences:

1. Mr Brown asked Helen to give him her copybook. 2. The headmaster said that the students were doing a history project then. 3. A stranger asked the boy what the time was. 4. Mike said to return the copybook quickly.

Please note that the reported versions of the sentences may vary depending on the context and the tense of the reporting verb.