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Imagine that a Social Worker Comes to the Abandoned Farmhouse to Find Out What May Have Happened to the Family. She Makes the Following Observations in Her Note-pad

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Imagine that a Social Worker comes to the abandoned farmhouse to find out what may have happened to the family. She makes the following observations in her note-pad 

Clues Conclusions
empty house  Have they left? Where could they have gone to? 
boulders in the field , leaky barn The owner might not have been a farmer. 
 sealed jars in the cellar  A woman lived there - family short of money left in a hurry 
toys scattered in the yard Something went wrong????? 

On the basis of these notes, the Social Worker presents the facts as she sees them to her Head of Department. Unfortunately, she spills ink on her report. Complete her report. 

When I reached the farmhouse , I saw that the house was empty , which ........ I wondered where they might have gone . .................. the owner was not a farmer , because of the boulders in the field and the leaky barn .............. the family was poor , because I saw several sealed jars in the cellar . Also ............ a woman lived there .  It was obvious she had left in a hurry . what was most touching was that the toys were scattered in the yard . 

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When I reached the farmhouse, I saw that the house was empty, which belonged to a family. I wondered where they might have gone. It can be assumed that the owner was not a farmer, because of the boulders in the field and the leaky barn. There is a possibility that the family was poor, because I saw several sealed jars in the cellar. Also it seems that a woman lived there. It was obvious she had left in a hurry. What was most touching was that the toys were scattered in the yard.

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Direct speech                  indirect speech                       

  masculine feminine plural
i he she they
you he she they
you him her them
your his her their
me him her them
my his her their
myself himself herself themselves
we     they
use     them, their

                               WORDS DENOTING TIME AND POSITION
When the reporting verb is in the past tense, certain words denoting nearness of
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DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH
this that
these those
now then
ago before
last night

the previous night

the night before

next day

the following day

the day after

today the day
tonight that night
yesterday

the previous day

the day before

tomorrow

the next day

the following day

the day after

day before yesterday the day before the previous day or two days before
day after tomorrow the day after the next day ot in two days
week the following week
now then
here there

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