Grammar and Usage

Lead-in T: What did you eat this morning? Tom: I ate … T ： What did Tom say, Jack? Jack: He said he ate … direct speech reported speech

Read the points 1-3 carefully and discuss them with your partners. Question: What changes are there between direct speech and reported speech? Comprehension

What changes are there between direct speech and reported speech? Sentence structure; Personal pronouns; Tenses; Adverbials of time and place; Some verbs and pronouns;

Complete the letter at Page 9! Possible answers: (1) was (2) would be (3) had read (4)that (5)would (6) had bought (7) that (8) would (9) those (10) her Practice

Change the following sentences into reported speech. 1. ‘I will come and see you again this evening, Tom.’ he said. 2. ‘I will come here again today,’ she said. 3. The doctor said to the patient, ‘You will have to wait till 3 pm tomorrow.’ He told Tom that he would go and see him again that evening. She said that she’d go there again that day. The doctor told the patient that he would have to wait till 3 p.m. the next day.

Notice: 1. 直接引语中的谓语动词为一般过去时，如与 一个表示过去的时间（如 1991,last week… ） 连用，在变为间接引语时时态不变。 My father said to me, “I read the book in 1986” My father told me he read the book in 1986.

2. 直接引语表达的意思是客观真理时，在变 为间接引语时时态不变。 The geography teacher said to us, “The earth goes around the sun.” The geography teacher told us that the earth goes around the sun.

How to use reported speech to report: statements questions imperative sentences

Read the points 1-3 carefully and discuss them with your partners. Question: What words can be used to report statements, questions, and imperative sentences? Comprehension

What words can be used to report statements, questions, and imperative sentences? Statements yes/no Questions wh-questions Imperative sentences reporting verb + O + (not) + to do that whether/if wh-words

Finish Ex. A and B at P.11! Consolidation

Homework 1. Finish Ex on Page Newspaper No.38 Page 6.