ENGLISH – 2º ano EM ATENAS 2015 Teacher Sílvia Casagrande UNIT 2- DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
Direct Speech: “Unprotected sex is dangerous for both partners”, said the doctor. Indirect Speech: The doctor said that unprotected sex was dangerous for both partners. Example -Changes
What are the main differences between the 2 sets of sentences Direct Speech= presents quotqtion marks and the narrator says the exact speech of the speaker. Indirect Speech = uses reporting verbs (said, warned, etc) the tense is one step back in most of the cases. the pronoun I becomes she or he.
The main differences between the sentences DIRECT SPEECH: “I can’t say it was something I was planning to do right now”, the 16 year old Nickelodeon star confessed to OK! last December. INDIRECT SPEECH: The 16 year old Nickelodeon star confessed to OK1 the previous December that she coildn’t say it had been something she had been planning to do then.
CHANGES IN VERB TENSES, PRONOUNS AND TIME DIRECT SPEECHINDIRECT SPEECH ISHE ITTHAT CAN’T SAYCOULDN’T SAY WASHAD BEEN* WAS PLANNINGHAD BEEN PLANNING RIGHT NOWTHEN LAST DECEMBERTHE PREVIOUS DECEMBER
TIME AND PLACE DIRECT SPEECHINDIRECT SPEECH THIS EVENINGTHAT EVENING TODAYTHAT DAY THESE (DAYS)THOSE (DAYS) NOWTHEN A WEEK AGOA WEEK BEFORE LAST WEEKEND, MONTH, YEAR THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND, MONTH, YEAR NEXT (WEEK)THE FOLLOWING (WEEK) TOMORROWTHE NEXT/FOLLOWING DAY HERETHERE
MODAL VERBS- CHANGES DIRECT SPEECHINDIRECT SPEECH WILLWOULD CANCOULD MUSTHAD TO MAYMIGHT
REPORTING VERBS* Accused, admitted, advised, alleged,agreed, apologized, begged, boasted, complained, concluded, denied, emphasized, explained, implied, invited, offered, ordered, pointed out, promised, questioned, replied, suggested, shared and thought. * SAID, ASKED and TOLD ARE MORE COMMON VERBS USED IN INDIRECT SPEECH.