Hello teachers,
‘Are you listening to me, inspector?’
‘Yes, Chief,’ Felix said quietly.
‘Now, Dinon can’t stay in the house. He’s going to come out later in the night, when the streets are quiet. He can’t escape. The soldiers––’
‘Soldiers? What soldiers?’ Felix said angrily. ‘I don’t need the army!’
Would this question be natural?
Did the chief of police think that Dinon could flee from the house?
Explain your answer using reported speech.
No, she didn’t. she said that he couldn’t escape from there.
Did the chief of police think that Dinon could flee from the house? <-- not accurate. He is able to flee the house, otherwise she would not have said ‘He’s going to come out later in the night.’ She thinks he will be unable to flee the vicinity of the house, not the house itself.
Did the Chief of Police think that Dinon could get away?
No, she didn’t. She said that he couldn’t escape.