Complete the sentences with words
from the text in exercise 1.

The nearest thing to the theatre that many people 1​ (actually) manage to see is their 2​ (favourite) TV soap. For true fans it is an essential part of life, bringing emotional topics for 3​ (discussions) into the home and 4​(raising) issues that will be talked about in work-places and school playgrounds up and down the country the 5​(following) day. Far from 6​(providing) Hollywood-style escapism, the storylines in today's soaps aim right at the heart of current moral dilemmas 7​(faced) by ordinary people. The 8​(acting) is often of the highest standard, with the leading actors managing to give top-class 9​(performance) three times a week, week after week, 10​(producing) what many consider to be some of the most 11​(powerful) drama in recent years.

1 He said "I was ill"

2 They said "Tom didn't come to shool yesterday"

3 She said "I caught cold"

4 The old man said to the doctor "I had pain in my right side"

5 He said "I will not come to school until Monday"

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1 He asked her where she usually spent her summer holidays

2 Ann asked Mike where he had left London

3 Boris asked them how he could get to the railway station

4 Mary asked Tom what time he would come the next day

5 She asked me Why I hadn't come the next day

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1 She wanted to know who had given him this nice kitten

2 He asked me where he could buy an English-Russian dictionary

3 He wondered how long it would take my brother to get to Madrid

4 Did you know where he had gone

5 He wanted to know where she bought that hat