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Reported Speech
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Reported Speech John says: “I like pizza.”
John says (that) he likes pizza. John said (that) he liked pizza.
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Checklist Change the pronouns Change the references to time
Change the references toplace Employ the sequence of tenses
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Personal pronouns Tom: “I like driving fast cars.”
Tom told me that he liked driving fast cars. Alice: “I don’t like Betty. Alice said she didn’t like you.
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References to places and time
Wes: “Come here!” He told me to go there. Kate: “Bring the book tomorrow.” She told Mike to bring the book the next day.
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Sequence of tenses Annie: “Be quiet! I’m watching the news.” Annie told him to be quiet because she was watching the news. Robert: „I‘ve never liked pizza.“ Robert said that he had never liked pizza.
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Sequence of tenses Present Past Past Past Perfect
Present Perfect Past Perfect Future Future in the past Modal verbs Past form
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Questions Introductory verb denoting a question
References to places and time Sequence of tenses Word order of an indirect question
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Two types of questions WH- questions (who, what, why, where, when, which, how) Who are you? Where was he born? YES/NO questions Are you happy? Have you done your homework?
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WH- questions Sarah: „How old is your car?“ Sarah asked me how old my car was. Sam: „What did you see there?“ Sam wanted to know what she had seen there. Ask, want to know, wonder, inquire, ...
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YES/NO questions Bob: „Are you happy?“ Bob wondered if I was happy.
Erica: „Have you seen the new maths teacher?“ Erica wanted to know whether I had seen the new maths teacher. if=whether
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Requests and Demands Introductory verb denoting a request or demand
References to places and time Verb as a „to infinitive“
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Requests and Demands Jim: „Can you open the window, please?“ Jim asked me to open the window. Fred: „Stop talking!“ Fred told us to stop talking. Donna: „Don‘t cry.“ Donna begged us not to cry. ask, tell, beg, demand, want sbd to, request, ...
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