We use reported speech to say what other people said. We usually change all the verbs one tense into the past, since 'what other people said' they usually said it in the past. Besides, we also change time expressions and pronouns.
Example 1:St 1 to st 2: 'Adriana said she was in her house at that moment.'
Adriana: 'I'm at home right now.'
Modal verbs also change to make them more past:
- can -> could
- must -> had to
- may -> might
- will -> would
Also, remember we use the verbs say or tell to report the words, but if we use tell we need to include someone, for instance 'Adriana told me she was in her house at that moment.'
To report questions there are 2 ways: for yes/no questions we include the word 'if'; and for wh-questions we use that wh-word instead of if.
Example 2:
Adriana: 'Do you like online classes?'
Student 1 to student 2: 'Adriana asked us if we liked online classes.'
Example 3:
Adriana: 'What sport do you do at home?'
Student 1 to student 2: 'Adriana asked us what sport we did at home.'
If you've already done the homework on the reported speech (section 10A page 130), you can check your answers here (click). And if you have doubts, write a comment on this post and I'll try to explain it further.
Moreover, here I include some links where you can do more online activities on reported speech. Don't forget to check your answers once you've done each exercise.
Moreover, here I include some links where you can do more online activities on reported speech. Don't forget to check your answers once you've done each exercise.
- Link 1 Perfect English website
- Link 2 English grammar online
- Link 3 Test English
- Link 4 Learn English online
As some of you told me yesterday, here you are activities for three pandemics.
Good afternoon Adriana, and thanks for continuing the classes on line , I found in Internet this English course , have a look at it and hope It will help you with new contents.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/hygiene/upperintermediate-syllabus