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LAB LESSON - REPORTED SPEECH
When we want to report someone’s words, we look at the verb in the sentence, and we go one tense back:
Present Simple
“I play tennis”, she said
Present Continuous
“I am playing tennis”, she said
Past Simple
“I played tennis”, she said
Past Continuous
“I was playing tennis”, she said
Present Perfect
“I have played tennis”, she said
Present Perfect Continuous
“I have been playing tennis”, she said
Past Perfect
“I had played tennis”, she said
Past Perfect Continuous
“I had been playing tennis”, she said
Will
“I will play tennis”, she said
Can
“I can play tennis”, she said
Must
“I must play tennis”, she said this/these here come today now yesterday
Past Simple
She said she played tennis
Past Continuous
She said she was playing tennis
Past Perfect
She said she had played tennis
Past Perfect Continuous
She said she had been playing tennis
Past Perfect
She said she had played tennis
Past Perfect Continuous
She said she had been playing tennis
Past Perfect
She said she had played tennis
Past Perfect Continuous
She said she had been playing tennis
Would
She said she would play tennis
Could
She said she could play tennis
Had to / must
She said she had to / must play tennis that/those there go that day that moment the day before/the previous day tomorrow the day after/the following day
Note: say to someone: e.g. she said to me / she said (that)…
tell someone: e.g. she told me / she told me (that)…
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Exercise 1: Choose the correct form of the verbs.
1.
Mary "I love chocolate."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ chocolate." a. loved b. loves c. loving
2.
Mary: "I went skiing."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ skiing." a. went b. had gone c. have gone
3.
Mary: "I will eat steak for dinner."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ eat steak for dinner." a. willing b. will c. would
4.
Mary: "I have been to Sydney."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ to Sydney." a. had been b. has been c. was being
5.
Mary: "I have had three cars."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ three cars. a. has b. has had c. had had
6. Mary: "I'm going to go to Long Beach."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ going to go to Long Beach."
a. is
b. was
c. went
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7.
Mary: "I don't like spinach."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ like spinach." a. doesn't b. don't c. didn't
8.
Mary: "I have never been to London."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ never been to London." a. had b. has c. have
9.
Mary: "I was swimming."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ swimming. a. has been b. had been c. have been
10.
Mary: "I had a cat."
Jill: Mary said (that) she had ___ a cat." a. have b. has c. had
11.
Mary: "I can't swim."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ swim." a. can't b. couldn't c. can not
12.
Mary: "I won't buy a new car."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ by a new car." a. won't b. will c. wouldn't
13.
Mary: "I have to do my laundry."
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ___ to do her laundry." a. had b. has c. have
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Now go to the following site and check your answers. http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/tm-reported1.html
Exercise 2: Change the following sentences into reported speech.
1.
Mr. Smith: "Are you a student?"
"What did Mr. Smith say?"
______________________________________________
2.
Ms. Washington: "What is your name?"
"What did Ms. Washington say?"
______________________________________________
3.
Teacher: "Stand up, please, Maurice!"
"What did the teacher say?"
_______________________________________________
4.
Mr. Brown: "Don't speak now, Melissa!"
"What did Mr. Brown say?"
_______________________________________________
5.
Miss Claymore: "One month ago, I warned you to study for that test!"
"What did the Miss Claymore say?"
________________________________________________
6.
Mr. Jones: "I will teach you how to do research on the Web."
"What did the Mr. Jones say?"
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Now go to the following link and check your answers. http://24esl.org/q/h/9807/Im-reported.html
Exercise 3: Go to following link and do the exercise. http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz%20center/rptspeech1.htm
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Exercise 4: Choose the best way to complete the sentences below.
1) Please tell me _____________ . where is the bus stop where the bus stop be where stops the bus where the bus stop is
2) I told him _____________ . what the homework was what was the homework what was to be the homework what is the homework
3) I think _____________ . will be the plane on time the plane will be on time the plane to be on time it will be on time the plane
4) I didn't know _____________ . what he mean what did he mean what did he meant what he meant
5) He said _____________ . that the weather colder than usual the weather be colder than usual the weather was colder than usual the weather it is colder than usual
6) I think _____________ . today it is Wednesday that is today Wednesday
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7) He said _____________ . that yesterday he gone downtown he goes downtown yesterday he go downtown yesterday he went downtown yesterday
8) I believe _____________ . him he is right he is right he be right that he right
9) She said _____________ . that she was hungry she hungry she be hungry her was hungry
10) He told us _____________ . that he enjoy the movie he enjoyed the movie he be enjoying the movie that enjoyed the movie
Now check your answers at: http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/REPORTSP/Rs1.htm
Exercise 5: Go to the following link and do the quiz. http://www.edu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/rep orted2.htm
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