The Unhappy Mother-In-Law (Suggested Answers)
1. He said, "Hello."
He greeted her.
2. She asked him, "Do you know what time it is?"
She asked him if he knew what time it was.
3. He said, "I'm sorry I'm late."
He apologized for being late.
4. She told him, "I have something to tell you."
She told him that she had something to tell him.
5. He asked her, "What is it?"
He asked her what it was.
6. She said, "I don't want my daughter to go with you."
She said that she didn't want her daughter to go with him.
7. He told her, "I'm not going to leave your daughter again."
He told her that he wasn't going to leave her daughter again.
8. She asked him, "Why did you leave her the first time?"
She asked him why he had left her the first time.
9. He answered, "I don't know, but maybe I was afraid."
He answered that he didn't know but that maybe he had been afraid.
10. She asked him, "Why did you sleep with her if you didn't have a condom?"
She asked him why he had slept with her if he hadn't had a condom./didn't have a condom.
11. He explained, "I got careless."
He explained that he had gotten careless.
12. She said, "Soon you will be going to New York, and I won't be able to see my daughter again."
She said that soon he would be going to New York and that she wouldn't be able to see her daughter again.
13. He said, "When I make enough money, I'll fly you to New York."
He said that when he made enough money, he would fly her to New York.
14. She told him, "You won't find a job."
She told him that he wouldn't find a job.
15. He said, "I can make money by selling drugs if I have to."
He said that he could make money by selling drugs if he had to.
16. She said, "You'll end up in jail, and there is no one in New York who can get you out."
She said that he would end up in jail and that there was no one in New York who could get him out.
17. He told her, "Don't worry. I won't let your grandchild starve."
He told her not to worry, and he promised that he wouldn't let her grandchild starve.
18. She told him, "Take care of my daughter and the baby, or you'll answer to my husband."
She told him to take care of her daughter and the baby, or that he would answer to her husband.
19. He told her, "I promise you. I will"
He promised her that he would.
20. She asked him, "Do you know how to take care of a baby?"
She asked him if he knew how to take care of a baby.
21. He said, "No. But I'll learn. Don't worry."
He said that he didn't but that he would learn, and he told her not to worry.
22. She handed him some money and told him, "Take it, and don't waste it."
She handed him some money and told him to take it and not to waste it.
23. He promised, "I won't."
He promised [her] that he wouldn't.
24. She said, "Call me if you have an emergency."
She said to call her if he had an emergency.
25. He said, " Thank you. Goodbye, Mama."
He thanked her and said good-bye, calling her "Mama."
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