0. Where did you work, the police officer asked me. 1. I was told by the doctor that I should have an X-ray as soon

0. "Where did you work?" - a police officer asked me.

This is a reported speech sentence where someone is asking a question. In reported speech, the tense in the question usually changes from a direct question to an indirect statement. In this case, the question is in the past simple tense. To transform the sentence into reported speech, we need to change the tense and report what was asked.

The reported speech version of the sentence would be:

The police officer asked me where I had worked.

Explanation:
The original question is in the past tense, so when reporting it, we need to change the tense accordingly. "Did" becomes "had" in reported speech. Additionally, we need to change the word order in the reported speech sentence.

1. "I was told by the doctor that I should have an X-ray as soon as possible."

This sentence is a reported statement where the doctor informed the person that they should have an X-ray. In reported speech, we need to change the tense and report what was said.

The reported speech version of the sentence would be:

The doctor told me that I should have an X-ray as soon as possible.

Explanation:
The original sentence is in the past tense, so when reporting it, we keep the same tense. We also need to change the word order in reported speech.

2. "Last week, he phoned me and inquired about what I had been doing this morning."

This sentence is a reported statement where someone inquired about what the person had been doing that morning. In reported speech, we need to change the tense and report what was said.

The reported speech version of the sentence would be:

Last week, he phoned me and asked what I had been doing that morning.

Explanation:
In reported speech, we change the word "inquired" to "asked" as they have similar meanings. Additionally, the verb tense changes from past perfect continuous ("had been doing") to past perfect ("had done").

3. "He confessed to leaving a cigarette burning in an ashtray, resulting in the fire."

This sentence is a reported statement where someone confessed to leaving a cigarette burning, which caused a fire. In reported speech, we need to change the tense and report what was confessed.

The reported speech version of the sentence would be:

He admitted that he had left a cigarette burning in an ashtray, resulting in the fire.

Explanation:
In reported speech, we change the verb "confessed" to "admitted" as they have similar meanings. Additionally, we change the verb tense from past simple ("leaving") to past perfect ("had left").

4. "The woman inquired about the location of the nearest toilets."

This sentence is a reported statement where a woman asked about the location of the nearest toilets. In reported speech, we need to change the tense and report what was asked.

The reported speech version of the sentence would be:

The woman asked about the location of the nearest toilets.

Explanation:
The sentence is already in reported speech form, so we do not need to make any changes.

5. "According to our history teacher, the Hundred Years" War lasted for more than 100 years."

This sentence is a reported statement where the history teacher states that the Hundred Years" War lasted for more than 100 years. In reported speech, we need to report what the history teacher said.

The reported speech version of the sentence would be:

According to our history teacher, the Hundred Years" War lasted for more than 100 years.

Explanation:
The sentence is already in reported speech form, so we do not need to make any changes.

6. "They informed us that we are not allowed to enter the theatre."

This sentence is a reported statement where someone informed the group that they are not allowed to enter the theatre. In reported speech, we need to change the tense and report what was said.

The reported speech version of the sentence would be:

They informed us that we were not allowed to enter the theatre.

Explanation:
In reported speech, we change the verb tense from present simple ("we are") to past simple ("we were") to match the past tense context of the reported statement.