Reported speech part 2

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Friday 17 April

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Dear Abby,

Hi my name is not important. Your father has sent me to tell you a few things. He said (that) he will not be getting you a monkey. Now before you get angry and throw a fit. He said (that) he will get you something else. That something else might be a new bike. It's just when you asked him yesterday he didn’t feel so well. Your dad admitted that that day had been the worst day of his life. No worries, because he said (that) you will be getting the new bike tomorrow.

Kind regards,

You local mcdonalds worker

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Dear Abby, I’m a 14 years old teenage girl, I’ve seen a lot of pets in my life. A dog, a cat, a snake.. kinda creepy though, but 1 animal really got my attention, a monkey. I’ve seen people having monkey as a pet and I actually wanted one too. The idea of a monkey as a pet got in my head at school so I decided to wait for dinner to ask my parent’s opinion about it. That night when i sat down I told my parents I had a risky question for them. My mom told me i had to wait until she put dinner on the table. After a couple seconds my parents were ready, I told them I would like to have a monkey as a pet. At that moment my father started laughing he told me that he couldn’t believe I actually asked them this. I looked at my mom, She said that my father had a point and that we could never have a monkey as pet. She explained that a monkey isn’t a toy for humans and that they don’t belong in houses of people. At first I couldn’t get why they were so difficult about the question and the answer, but the more I started thinking about it the more it made sense. My parents had noticed the disappointed look in my face, they told me they would get any pet I wanted as long as the animal belonged to a house. In that moment I couldn't believe my ears, I was so happy to finally get a pet. The following day we went to the pet shop and actually bought a puppy. When I got to hold the puppy I didn't thought about having a monkey as pet anymore. My puppy was enough and I loved him with my whole heart, he made me happy. 

-Happy teenager

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Dear Abby,

I am 14 years old and my daddy said that when I save enough money I could buy anything I wanted with it.

All my life I had wanted a black monkey. But my dad didn’t want some. He said are you crazy, who has a monkey at home? I said nobody but that doesn't mean that we cannot do it. So my father said no, because it looks crazy and we don’t have enough space at home.

But later when I went to my home I selled one. When my father saw me with a monkey he asked what this is. I said a monkey. But later when I lived long with the onkey at home I found it also weird so I brought him to a zoo.

Questions

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Kayra "I like reading books."

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Tijmen: "I have never seen him before."

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Ms Kwakkenbos: "I can't believe my eyes."

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Sietske: "I am watching Netflix."

Change to reported speech. Milano: "I had never seen them before in my life."

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Oumaima asked her if she was sure about that.

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Ashai said that she would finish the dishes later.

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Ibilge said she had made breakfast that morning.

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Babice said they were getting hungry.

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This image comes from the March 24, 2020 article “Nearly a Million Children Left Behind in Venezuela as Parents Migrate.” Meridith Kohut is the photographer.

The story documents the effects of the years-long economic crisis in Venezuela. Many parents have been forced to go abroad in search of work, leaving hundreds of thousands of children in the care of relatives, friends and others.

From the article

Down a wide street here in the state capital, Maracaibo, sits a modest building, painted blue, called Casa Hogar Carmela Valera.

It is a boarding school for girls in need, run by cheery nuns who swish down its sunny hallways in long black habits. In the past, students came here after parents died or began to use drugs. Today, at least half of its residents have a parent abroad.

The girls share a peach-colored bedroom, a kitchen, a chapel, a small mess hall and patio with a basketball court and a stage.

The school has seen better times. It has running water for a short period about every two weeks, and the girls shower, cook and flush the toilet using water they save in any containers they can find. They have no light bulbs for one of their two bathrooms, which means they brush their teeth on slippery floors in the dark.

From the article

Sister Wendy Khalil, 39, said that the home is desperate for everything: Antibiotics, shampoo, toilet paper, vegetables, water tanks.

But her biggest concern is providing a degree of normalcy for her charges, keeping them busy with homework assignments and the occasional movie night so that they don’t have time to think about anything else.

“Say no to depression,” reads one of the signs on the patio. Last year, one of the students locked herself in the bathroom and threatened suicide after her parents left the country.

One day last month, the girls woke just after dawn, brushed their hair and headed to the chapel, where a priest led them in passionate prayer, accompanied by a nun on a guitar.

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