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9 He said he would do his best in order to be assigned for the
post of an assistant driller.
10 He asked the employees to arrive earlier to the drill site.

15 Put the following into Indirect Speech.
1 Mr West said, “Oil and gas are naturally occurring in
hydrocarbons.”
2 He said, “I have just been on the monkey-board.”
3 Jane said to me, “I have never known that oil and gas are
naturally occurring in hydrocarbons.”
4 Ted said, “My father says that liquefied petroleum gas is
mainly propane and butane.”
5 Jane said, “My brother works as an assistant driller.”
6 I said, “In the past my father worked at the oil refinery,
and now he works as a derrick-man.”
7 The roughneck said, “I am responsible for connecting
pipes down the well bore.”
8 The roughneck said, “I have many duties in oil fields. I
bear the main responsibility for general works around the rig.”
9 The toolpusher said, “My position is the highest at the
drilling location.”
10 The toolpusher said, “I don’t want to stay on location for a
few weeks.”
11 The driller said, “I bear the responsibility for controlling a
rig’s machinery.”
12 The toolpusher said, “I don’t know what drilling mud is
used for.”
13 The derrickhand said the driller, “Because of your
irresponsibility, the rig’s machinery has been broken.”
14 The derrickhand asked the driller, “Where is the drilling
mud?”
15 The toolpusher said to the roustabout, “You have not
completed the paintings and cleanings on the rig.”

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