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spill.” – Lamar McKay said that Rig operator Transocean and
contractor Halliburton …
a) will bear portions of the blame for the explosion and the resulting
spill;
b) had been to bear portions of the blame for the explosion and the
resulting spill;
c) were to bear portions of the blame for the explosion and the
resulting spill;
d) had to bear portions of the blame for the explosion and the resulting
spill;
5. “Gasoline is very expensive.” – Mr Blair said gasoline…
a) were very expensive;
b) is very expensive;
c) ought to (had to) be very expensive;
d) was very expensive.

14 Put the following into Direct Speech.
1 Peter said he had wanted to work as a driller, not as a
roughneck on the drilling rig.
2 She asked me if I had heard the recent news concerning the
oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico.
3 The driller asked the derrickman if he had repaired the mud
pump.
4 The driller asked the floorhand if he could operate with
tongs and catwalk.
5 The floorhand told the ginsel to pass the tugger to him.
6 The derrickman said to me he was sometimes called a
derrickhand.
7 He asked the instructor if he liked his previous position of
the assistant driller.
8 One of the workers said to me that smoking on a drilling rig
was prohibited.

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