Spotlight - 14.2019

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14/2019 Grammatik

4. What did the interviewer ask?

Check your answers to exercise 3. Then rewrite the four ticked sentences

using reported speech. Tip: remember to change the verb tense one step into

the past!

A. He asked me.

B. He asked me.

C. He asked me.

D. He asked me.

6. Sort it out!

Match the sentence halves so that all six sentences make sense.

A. I don’t know whether...

B. I can’t remember if I...

C. He asked me...

D. I’m going to do that whether...

E. I want to know if she...

F. I wonder whether...

1. told you, but I’m getting married.


2. if I wanted to go to the party.


3. plans to leave early.


4. or not he agrees.


5. to believe you or not.


6. she’d like to join our club.


7. If / whether

Rewrite the sentences below. But be careful — in one of the sentences, you

need to change the tense of the verb!

A. Is he going to phone, I wonder?

if / whether.

B. Is he going to phone? I’m not sure.

if / whether.

C. Is he going to phone? Do you know?

if / whether.

D. Is he going to phone? I don’t know.

if / whether.

E. “Is he going to phone?”, she asked.

if / whether.

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