Reconstruct the speaker’s original words from these reports.
For each sentence, reconstruct the speaker’s original words, as they would be given in direct speech (i.e. inside quotation marks).
1 Peter said that his eyes were red because he had a cold.
What words did Peter use?
2 ‘I expect they’ve left the gas on once too often, and the draught blew it out, and they’re suffocated in their beds. Father always said they would some day,’ said Robert cheerfully.
What words did Robert’s father use?
Sentences taken from the children’s stories of Edith Nesbit.
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