Indirect Speech (Mr Robinson's Dentist) - Олег vs Владимир
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Mr Robinson never went to a dentist, because he was afraid, but then his teeth began hurting a lot, and he went to a dentist. The dentist did a lot of work in his mouth for a long time. On the last day Mr Robinson said to him, ‘How much is all this work going to cost?’ The dentist said, ‘Twenty-five pounds,’ but he did not ask him for the money.
After a month Mr Robinson phoned the dentist and said, ‘You haven’t asked me for any money for your work last month.’
‘Oh,’ the dentist answered, ‘I never ask a gentleman for money.’
‘Then how do you live?’ Mr Robinson asked.
‘Most gentlemen pay me quickly,’ the dentist said, ‘but some don’t. I wait for my money for two months, and then I say, “That man isn’t a gentleman,” and then I ask him for my money.’
Discussion
Mr Robinson never went to a dentist, because he was afraid, but then his teeth began hurting a lot, and he went to a dentist. The dentist did a lot of work in his mouth for a long time. On the last day Mr Robinson said to him, ‘How much is all this work going to cost?’ →
Mr Robinson never went to a dentist, because he was afraid, but then his teeth began hurting a lot, and he went to a dentist. The dentist did a lot of work in his mouth for a long time. On the last day Mr Robinson said to him how much all this work was going to cost.
The dentist said, ‘Twenty-five pounds,’ but he did not ask him for the money.→
The dentist said twenty-five pounds, but he did not ask him for the money.
After a month Mr Robinson phoned the dentist and said, ‘You haven’t asked me for any money for your work last →
After a month Mr Robinson phoned the dentist and said his that you haven't asked me for any money for your work last month.
After a month Mr Robinson phoned the dentist and said that he haven't asked him for any money for his work last month.
‘Oh,’ the dentist answered, ‘I never ask a gentleman for money. →
The dentist answered wondering that he never asked a gentleman for money.
‘Then how do you live?’ Mr Robinson asked. →
Mr Robinson asked how does he live….
‘Most gentlemen pay me quickly,’ the dentist said, ‘but some don’t.→
The dentist said, that most gentlemen pay him quickly but some don’t.
I wait for my money for two months, and then I say, “That man isn’t a gentleman,” and then I ask him for my money.’ → The dentist said that he waited for his money for two months, and then he said, “That man isn’t a gentleman,” and then he asked him for his money.’
Thank you.
Then how do you live?’ Mr Robinson asked. →
Mr Robinson asked how he lived.
‘Most gentlemen pay me quickly,’ the dentist said, ‘but some don’t.→
The dentist said that most gentlemen payid him quickly but some didn’t.
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