reported speech fisrt review

8/12/2019 Reported Speech Fisrt Review

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The man who has mounted an elephant, will not fearthe bark of a dog

INDIAN

An Indian quotation saysthat The man who hasmounted an elephant, will not fear the bark of a dog.


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REPORTED SPEECH INPRESENT

She says: "I like tuna fish.

He tells usIwrite poems.

He says, Iam happy. She says, Mydad likes roast chicken.

"I'm 30 years old," she says.

Jane tells me, "I may not be in class tomorrow." "I'll go to the movies tomorrow," John says.

She says(that ) she likes tuna fish.

He tellsus (that) he writespoems.

He says that he is happy.She saysthat , her dad likesroast chicken.

She saysthat she is 30 years old .

Jane tellsme that

she may not be in classtomorrow.


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Molly saidthat Max had to work. In general, say is used when thelistener is not mentioned.Molly toldme that Max had to

work.

Tell is used when the listener is

mentioned. (We say something, but

we tell someone something.)

Reread the conversation . Then complete the following with the past

form of say or tell.

1. Steve . that they'd been having a lot of

problems lately2. Tom .. his roommates that cleaning was their

biggest problem

3. John . that they could each choose a job

to do.4. Peter that he would clean the kitchen.

5. Tom . everyone that he would take care

of the living room.

6. Finally, Steve .the others that he would try

to find a vacuum cleaner .

said

told

said

saidtold

told

Past actions


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TRANSFORMATIONSDIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

Present simple Past simple

Present Continuous Past Continuous

Present perfect Past Perfect simple

Past Simple Past Perfect simple

Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous

Past perfect simple /Continuous Past perfect simple/Continuous

Lets should

Modals can, will, shall, may Could, would, should, might

Could, would, should, might Could, would, should, might

There is -are There was - wereAm-isare going to.. waswere going to..

Present passive voice Past passive voice

Yes no questions (start with auxiliares)WH questionImperative

If .WH no question+ to, - not to


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OTHER WORDSTRANSFORMATION

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

This , these That , those - last ( last year)

Today - toninght Yesterday - last night

Yesterday That day = the day before

Tomorrow The next day - the followingday


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OTHER VERBS

Add added

Suggest suggested

Promise promised Claim claimed

Demand demanded

Complain complained Request requested

Inquiry inquired


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Even good friends have problems, and one

way to save friendships is by talking things

over. In the following conversation, a group

of roommates is trying to re-solve a common

problem, housework.

Retell the conversation in reported speech

by completing the sentences below. Be sureto use appropriate verb forms in your new

sentences

Check this situation


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Steve saidthatthey

should talkthings over


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STEVE: We areall good friends, but we havebeenhavinga lot of problems lately.TOM: Well, in myopinion, the biggest problem

wascleaning. The apartment wasa mess. Nobodycleanedlast week or the week before. We have tofinda way to keep things cleaner.

JOHN: We can makea list of jobs to do, andeach person cansign upfor a job.

PETER: I will beresponsible for the kitchenarea.

TOM: I willdothe living room, but we needavacuum cleaner! STEVE: I am going to checkthe newspaper. I

may beable to find a good used one. .....

STEVE said thatthey were all good friends, butthey had been having a lot of problems lately.

TOM added that in hisopinion, the biggest problem

had been cleaning. The apartment had been a mess.Nobo dy had cleaned last week or the week before,and that they had to find a way to keep things cleaner

John suggested that they could make a list of jobsto do, and each person couldsign up for a job.

Peter said that he would be responsible for thekitchen area

Tom added that he woulddo the living room, butthat they needed a vacuum cleaner!

Steve promised that he was going to check the newspa

per and that he might be able to find a good used one.


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He saidthat her Mom had fed him with MamaCamellas baby food.


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He askedthe audience

ifhe was boring them


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He complainedthewaiter that there was a

fly in his soup

The waiter answeredthat it wasthe speciality

of the house.


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The nurse congratlatedthe man for getting 3babies

The man very surprised

just thanked her


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Write the sentences in indirect speech

1.Helen: My parents go with me.2. Helen: Spend three days in London.

3. Helen: London was a multicultural place.

4. Helen: I have seen people of all colours.

5. What is it?" asked Murna. aske

6. Please spread the ashes on the ground," said the letter.

7. "I believe it's pepper," said Ariana.

8. Dont save the last bit for Dr Haret, he suggested.

9. My friend asked us Have you had a nice day?

10.- Paty told us Mr. Cameron heard the noise; while he

was taking a shower

Helen saidthat her prents wentwith her.Helen told us that shespentthree days in London

Helen said that London had been a multicultural place

Helen saidthat she had seen people of all colours.

Murna askedme what it was.

The letter toldthem to spread the ashes on the ground.

Ariana saidthart she believedit was pepper..

He suggested not to save the last bit for Dr Haret.

My friend askedus if we had had a nice day.

Paty toldus that Mr. Cameron had heard the noise;

while he had been taking a shower


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B1 TEST

http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/B1_reported_speech.htm

http://www.curso-ingles.com/gramatica-inglesa/reported.php

https://www.google.com.ec/search?q=english+grammar+reported+sspeech&oq=e

nglish+grammar+reported+sspeech&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.10584j0j8&sourceid=c

hrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/preliminaryenglish/grammar/reported-speech.htm

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/reported-speech-mixed3.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/102.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1885

ENGLISH RESULT

https://elt.oup.com/student/result/engint/b_vocabulary/?cc=ec&selLanguage=en

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