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TIMESAVER GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES Reported speech

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Alien Language
You and your friend Sam are out late one afternoon. Its just getting dark.
Suddenly a group of aliens appears in front of you. They speak in code.
Strangely, you can understand it, but Sam cant.
ALIEN CODE

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The next day the newspapers want to hear all about it. Tell them what the aliens said.

They told me that

They wanted to know

Imagine you are an alien visitor to the planet earth. What questions would you like to ask? Write
your questions in alien code. Exchange papers with a partner. Decode your partners questions and
report them back to the class.

48 TIMESAVER GRAMMAR ACTIVITIES MARY GLASGOW MAGAZINES, AN IMPRINT OF SCHOLASTIC INC.