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Reconstruct the confused farmer's police statement about his encounter with polite extraterrestrials. Select the correct grammar for each blank.
"The spaceship landed, and the green leader stepped out. He asked me where _________________________. After I pointed to the field, they instructed me _________________________ them the barn."
The correct answers are the cows were and to show.
First blank: In reported questions, we do not use question word order. "Where are the cows?" changes to statement word order (Subject + Verb) and shifts back in tense: "where the cows were."
Second blank: For reported commands or instructions, we use the infinitive form: instruct + object + to + verb ("instructed me to show").