rappel: reported speech

 

Reported speech

Lets’ check you remember the changes you need to make…

Complete and give examples:

A)  Punctuation:

 

-        In every sentence:________________________________________

 

Eg: “art sometimes promotes peace” she explains.

 

®

 

-        In a question: __________________________________________

 

Eg: “Who will come?” she asks.

 

®

 

B)  Word order

 

The questions ____________________________________

 

Eg: “Do you understand?” she asks.

 

®

 

C)  Pronouns, determiners…

 

Eg: “I understand my lesson” she says.

 

®

 

 

+  IF YOU USE THE PAST TENSE…

 

D)  the sequence of tenses

 

Eg: “ I know what you mean” he said.

 

® He said _____________________________________________

 

 

Eg2: “I met them when I was in Britain” she explained.

 

®

 

E)  Time and place…

 

Eg: “ I saw him yesterday”

 

® Last week she said _____________________________________

 

 

         Eg 2: “I will see you tomorrow” she added.

         ®She added that she

 

 

 

 

NB1: the changes are not always necessary (if you report something… the same day for instance)

 

NB2: do you remember the difference between SAY and TELL?

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