Indirect speech Write the actual words used in these situations.
1 When the police arrived they asked an old man if he had seen anything.
2 They wondered how we had managed to do it.
3 He wanted to know why we hadn’t attended the meeting.
4 He inquired when the winner of the contract would be known.
5 I asked whether she had spoken to Tim about his resignation, and she said that she hadn’t had a chance.
6 She predicted that more and more women would move into top management posts.
7 The pilot said that in 25 years of flying he had never experienced such terrible weather conditions.
8 He wondered whether they would be able to finish the proposal in time, and they said they would get it to him by 10.00 a.m. at the latest.
9 As we were leaving, he asked if we had enjoyed our trip to Scotland.
10 He asked if we would give him a hand with the new software, and we told him that
we could do it next week.