Machines, a help call and reported speech
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1
Report: “I am working in the library now,” said Mariam.
Mariam said that she was working in the library then.
2
Report: “We have finished the poster,” the boys said.
The boys said that they had finished the poster.
3
Report the request: “Could you please help me with the cable?” Karim said to me.
Karim asked me to help him with the cable.
4
Put the steps in the right order: (a) Finally, pour the water into your cup. (b) First, fill the kettle with water. (c) Next, wait until the kettle clicks off. (d) Then switch the kettle on.
(b), (d), (c), (a).
5
Guess the word: “The first printer was slow and wasted paper, but the new one is efficient: it prints a page in two seconds and uses very little paper.” Write the meaning of efficient and say which clue helped.
Efficient means working well without wasting time or energy. The contrast word but and the opposite ideas (slow and wasted paper against two seconds and very little paper) helped.