Reporting Statements

Dr. Alan Chen, chairman of the American Society for Weight-Loss Surgeons, said that was a tragedy.

“This is a tragedy!” Dr. Cheng, chairman of the American Society for Weight-Loss Surgeons, said.

Reporting Statements

Dr. Martin Yung said that the patients who had tried to look for unlicensed doctors were doing something really dangerous.

“The patients who try to look for unlicensed doctors to reduce their operation costs are doing something really dangerous,” said Dr. Martin Yung.

Reporting Statements

The doctors said that the public was worried since most people who had undergone weight-loss surgeries were women in their child-bearing years.

“The public is worried since most people who underwent weight-loss surgeries are women in their child-bearing years,” said the doctors.

Reporting Statements

Most of the middle-aged women simply told the surgeon that they could not wait to have their surgeries.

“Most of the middle-aged women simply told me, ‘I can’t wait to have my surgery’!”

Hint: Think about whether you have to change the pronoun(s).

4 STEPS on reporting statements

When we report statements, the following changes should be made:

1. Use a reporting v_____ such as ‘said’ or ‘explained’, etc.

2. Change the t ______. For example:

Simple present ________________________

Present perfect _____________________

Past continuous tense _________________________

3. Change the p_______ or possessive adjectives

4. Change the t_____ words. For example:

Now ________________________

Today _______________________

Tomorrow_____________

erb ense

Past tense Present perfect tense

Past perfect continuous tense ronouns

ime then that day

the day after

Reporting questions

Direct speech: “I am happy with my 3L students now.” Miss Chung said. “Am I happy with my 3L students now?” Miss Chung asked.

Reported speech:Miss Chung said that she was happy with her 3L students then. Miss Chung asked if she was happy with her 3L students then.

Some rules of reporting questions are similar to reporting statements. Work in pairs. Compare the statement and question below, and come up with 3 similar rules.

Reporting questions

Direct speech: “I am happy with my 3L students now.” Miss Chung said. “Am I happy with my 3L students now?” Miss Chung asked.

Reported speech:Miss Chung said that she was happy with her 3L students then. Miss Chung asked if she was happy with her 3L students then.

Have you come up with the 3 rules? Let’s see if all of you are smart ladies!

changing the pronouns/possessive adjectives

changing the tense changing the time words

Reporting questions

1. “Is the doctor reliable?” Daisy asked.

Daisy asked if/whether the doctor was reliable.

Put the subject before the _______ when reporting questions Use ____ or ________ for yes/no-questions

e.g. “Is Dr. Lee a well-trained doctor?” Flora asked.

A: Flora asked if/whether Dr. Lee was a well-trained doctor.

verb if whether

Reporting questions

2. “Who wants to be ugly, Miss Chung?” Joyce asked. Joyce asked Miss Chung who wanted to be ugly.

Do not change the _________ when we report questions with wh-words as the subject Put the object after the reporting verb ‘______’, if any

e.g. “Who has undergone plastic surgery, Angela?” Chrissie asked.

word order

asked

A: Chrissie asked Angela who had undergone plastic surgery.

Reporting questions

3. “Why do you want to undergo plastic surgery?” Dr. Li asked

Mary.Dr. Li asked Mary why she wanted to undergo plastic surgery.

__________ do/does/did when reporting questions

e.g. “Do you want to look more gorgeous?” A lady asked Cindy.

Take away

A: A lady asked Cindy if/whether she wanted to look more gorgeous.

6 reminders on reporting questions

Apart from the similarities when reporting statements, the

following changes should be made when we report questions:

1. Put the subject before the ________ in questions

2. Do not change the word order when we report questions with ____________ as the subject

3. _____________ do, does and did

4. Use _____________ for yes/no-questions

5. Put the _______ after the reporting verb ‘asked’, if any

6. Change the question mark into ____________

verb

wh-words Take away

if or whether object

full-stop

Guidelines on producing your programme 1. Work in groups of 5

2. Give a brief description on the trend of plastic surgery3. Extract main points from the video and report the lady’s case4. Imagine that your group has interviewed a person:

Blue: The chairlady of plastic surgery societyYellow: A cosmeticianPink: The lady’s motherGreen: A plastic surgeon

5. Create the interview content using at least 5 reported questions and 5 reported statements

6. Include a conclusion in your programme