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REPORTED SPEECH- 2
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REPORTED
SPEECH
TENSES:
He said, “I loved her so much”. He
said that he had loved her so
much.
PRESENT PERFECT à PAST PERFECT TENSE
NEXT MONTH/YEAR/… à THE FOLLOWING MONTH/YEAR/…
WH/HOW – Questions à WH/HOW –
word remains
SHE SAID THAT….
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direct statement: He
said, “I
love her so much“.
indirect statement: He
said that he loved her so much.
REPORTING VERBS:
say, mention, claim, asked, add, tell, admire,
admit, consider, promise, ….
RULES TO FOLLOW
PRESENT TENSE à PAST TENSE
He
said, “I love her so
much”. He said that he loved her so much.
PAST TENSE à PAST PERFECT TENSE
He
said, “I have loved her so much”. He said that he had loved her so much.
WILL
FUTURE à WOULD
He said, “I will love her so much”. He
said that he would love her
so much.
IMPERATIVE à INFINITIVE
He
said, “Love me!”
He told her to love him.
TIME/SPACE
EXPRESSIONS:
YESTERDAY à THE DAY BEFORE
TODAY à THAT DAY
LAST
WEEK/MONTH/… à THE
WEEK/MONTH/… BEFORE
THE PREVIOUS
WEEK/MONTH/…
TOMORROW à THE NEXT DAY
THIS/THESE à THAT/THOSE
HERE à THERE
NOW à THEN/AT THAT MOMENT
QUESTIONS:
He
asked me, “Why do you love me?”
He
asked me why I loved him.
He
asked me, “How much do I love me?”
He
asked me how much I loved him.
YES/NO -
Questions à IF/WHETHER
He asked me, “Do you love me?”
He asked me if I loved him. He
asked me whether I loved him.
1)
Write
what Sarah said, making the necessary changes:
a)
“I’m
living in New York.”
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b)
“My
mother isn’t very well.”
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c)
“Jane
and Paul are going to visit Italy next month.”
d)
“My
brother had an accident.”
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e)
“I
haven’t seen Diana last night.”
f)
“Jack
and Jill were waiting for the bus.”
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g)
“I
don’t drink coffee anymore.”
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h)
“Tom
can speak Japanese.”
i)
“I
will go to Anna’s birthday party.”
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j)
“My
purse was stolen this morning.”
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k)
“Kate took my keys.”
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l)
“My
husband has just finished reading this interesting book.”
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m)
“Daniel
didn’t buy the tickets for the theatre yesterday.”
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2)
Choose the correct word:
a) She said / told us to stand up.
b)
Mr Jones said / told the manager he was leaving.
c) Everybody said / told the concert had been terrible.
d) I didn’t say / tell Meg that I was coming today.
e) The Prime Minister said / told that things would get
better soon.
f) Alice said / told she was sick.
g) Nancy didn’t say / tell us anything.
h) You said / told me you were working tonight.
3)
Transform
into DIRECT Speech:
a)
He said that she would leave at six.
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b)
He said that Peter often went fishing.
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c)
Mary asked if she could come back later.
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d)
I said that I had just seen Mark.
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e)
Alan told me that Angela was watching TV.
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f)
They said that the cat had been sleeping on the sofa.
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g)
I said that we were late.
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h)
She asked what the boys were doing.
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4) Questions: Put them into
Reported Speech:
HE ASKED …
a)
“How old are you?”
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b)
“Are you married?”
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c)
“Do you live nearby?”
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d)
“Where have you worked before?”
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e)
“Can you speak German or French?”
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f)
“Do you have a driving license?”
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g)
“How much money do you want?”
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h)
“When can you start?”
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REPORTED
SPEECH – Solutions
1) Write what
Sarah said, making the necessary changes
a)
She said
that she was living in NY at the
moment.
b)
…her mother was not very well.
c)
…Jago and
Paul were going to visit Italy the following month.
d)
…her brother had had an accident.
e)
… she had not seen Diana the night before.
f)
… Jack and Jill
had been waiting for the bus.
g)
… she did not drink coffee anymore.
h)
… Tom could speak Japanese.
i)
… she would go to Anna’s birthday party.
j)
… her purse had been stolen that morning.
k)
… Kate had taken her keys.
l)
…her husband had just finished reading that
interesting book.
m) …Daniel had not
bought any tickets for the theatre the
day before.
2) Choose the
correct word
a)
told b) told
c) said d) tell e) said
f) said g) tell h) told
3) Write in
the DIRECT SPEECH!... à COMMA!!!
a)
He said, “She will leave at six.”
b)
He said, “Peter often goes fishing.”
c)
Mary asked, “Can I come back later?”
d)
I said, “I’ve just seen Mark.”
e)
Alan told
me/said, “Angela is watching TV.”
f)
They said, “The cat has been sleeping on the sofa.”
g)
I said, “We are late.”
h)
She asked, “What are the boys doing?”
4) Questions:
Put them into Reported Speech
a)
He asked how old I was.
b)
He asked if/whether I was married.
c)
He asked if/whether I lived nearby.
d)
He asked where I had worked before.
e)
He asked if/whether I could speak German or French.
f)
He asked if/whether I had a driving license.
g)
He asked how much money I wanted.
h)
He asked when I could start.
PASSIVE VOICE
PASSIVE VOICE
USAGE
Passive
Voice is used when the focus is on the action. The performer
of the action is not important/ not known. Nevertheless, if we want to ad the
perfomer of the action, we can easily do so by adding “by + person” at the end
of the passive sentence.
FORMATION
PERSON + form of TO BE
+ PAST PARTICIPLE
|
PRESENT TENSE
|
I
|
am
|
given
|
a book.
|
|
PAST TENSE
|
You
|
were
|
given
|
|
|
PRESENT PERFECT
|
She
We
|
has been
have been
|
given
given
|
|
|
PAST PERFECT
|
He
|
had been
|
given
|
|
|
FUTURE TENSE
|
We
|
will be
|
given
|
|
ACTIVE
|
PASSIVE
|
|
subject
object
|
object (by)
subject
|
PRESENT TENSE:
Active: The teacher corrects the home-exercises of the pupils.
Passive: The home-exercises of the pupils are corrected by the teacher.
I give him
another chance à He
is given another chance.
PAST TENSE:
Active: Peter broke Paul’s computer.
Passive: Paul’s computer was broken by Peter.
You wrote
great songs. à Great
songs were written by you.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE:
Active: She has left her glasses at the restaurant
Passive:
Her glasses have been left at the restaurant by her.
They have
reduced the prices. à The
prices have been reduced by them.
PAST PERFECT TENSE:
Active: I had completely forgotten
her.
Passive: She had
been completely forgotten.
You had
taken away my umbrella. à My umbrella had been taken away by you.
FUTURE – WILL:
Active: She
will forgive me.
Passive: I
will be forgiven by her.
We will produce the car. à The car will be produced by us.
PASSIVE VOICE
– EXERCISES: Put these sentence into the
passive!
1) Penguin readers published this book in
1990.
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2) Susan informs Mary about the test results.
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3) They could not do the exercises on their
own.
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4) The Smiths are going to invite the Taylors
on Christmas Eve.
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5) The Burglars have stolen the paintings by
Picasso.
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6) We will not treat the dogs badly.
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7) Susan brushes her teeth before having
breakfast.
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8) Rachel sews skirts for her children.
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9) Tim mowed the lawn for his dad.
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10) Mothers hopefully will not do the
home-exercises for their children.
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11) They had founded a company on their own.
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12) Unfortunately, she has disappointed her
boyfriend.
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13) My uncle bought a house in Scotland.
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14) Zoe always does her home-exercise
immediately after school.
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15) Paula had studied the map of London
carefully.
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KEY:
1) This book was published by Penguin Readers in 1990.
2) Mary is
informed about the test results (by Susan).
3) The exercises couldn’t be done by them on their own.
4) The Taylors are going to be invited (by the Smiths) on Christmas Eve.
5) The paintings by Picasso have been stolen (by the burglars).
6) The dogs will not be treated badly (by us).
7) Susan’s teeth are brushed before having breakfast.
8) Skirts are
sewed by Rachel for her children.
9) The lawn was mowed by Tim for his dad.
10) The home-exercises hopefully will not be done for the children by
their mothers.
11) A company had been founded by them on their own.
12) The boy has been disappointed by his girlfriend, unfortunately.
13) A house in Scotland was bought by my uncle.
14) The home-exercises are always immediately done after school by Zoe. (Zoe’s
home-exercises)
15) The map of London had been carefully studied by Paula.
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