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reported speech

reported speech

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English

Professional Development

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Ana Suriba

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5 Slides • 14 Questions

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Reported speech

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Poll

To repeat what someone else said in reported speech style, I have to:

only change the pronouns

change the pronouns and say it one tense back in the past

do nothing

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5

Poll

To repeat what someone sad in direct speech I need to:

use quotation marks

do nothing

6

Poll

Now, to transform reported speech (e.i. from an article) to direct speech, I have to:

do nothing

add quotation marks and go one tense forward

add quotation marks

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Commands/Imperative form

What's the difference between "she told me..." and "she told me to..."

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Poll

"she told me..." vs. "she told me to..."

they mean the same thing

the second one is an order

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Multiple Choice

"We can't find the pants"

1

They said they can't find the pants.

2

They said they couldn't find the pants.

3

They said they hadn't found the pants

11

Multiple Choice

"These pants are not mine"

1

He said the pants weren't his.

2

He said the pants aren't his.

3

He said the pants weren't mine

12

Multiple Choice

His pants, he said, had blue stripes on them

1

My pants have blue stripes on them

2

"My pants have blue stripes on them"

3

"His pants had blue stripes on them"

13

Multiple Choice

"I was a victim of a fraud"

1

He said he was a victim on a fraud.

2

He said I had been a victim of a fraud.

3

He said he had been a victim of a fraud.

14

Multiple Choice

He said the Chungs were breaking the law.

1

"They were breaking the law"

2

"They was breaking the lay"

3

"They are breaking the law"

15

Multiple Choice

"The movie will be interesting"

1

He said the movie would be interesting

2

He said the movie was interesting.

3

He said the movie will be interesting

16

Multiple Choice

"Leave me alone!" he told me.

1

He told me to leave him alone

2

He told me, I leave him alone

3

He told me I was going to leave him alone

17

Multiple Choice

"Don't run across the road" the police officer told the kids.

1

The police officer told the kids to not run across the road.

2

The police officer told the kids not to run across the road.

3

The police officer told the kids to don't run across the road.

18

Multiple Choice

"What are you doing?", she asked me.

1

She asked me what I was doing.

2

She asked me what was I doing.

3

She asked me I was doing what.

19

Multiple Choice

He said Daniel had bought the tickets.

1

"Daniel had been bought the tickets"

2

"Daniel is bought the tickets."

3

"Daniel has baught the tickets."

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