NRU4: Unit 16 - Reported Speech

Q.1: (1) the exact words someone said; (2) use quotation marks

• Direct speech

• Reported speech

Q.2: (1) the exact meaning, NOT the exact words someone said; (2) DON'T use quotation marks

• Direct speech

• Reported speech

Q.3: Which is the direct speech?

• Ms. Moore said that they would make a lovely couple.

• "They will make a lovely couple," said Ms. Moore.

Q.4: Which is the reported speech?

• "Have you seen Kim?" David asked Sarah.

• David asked Sarah if she had seen Kim.

Q.5: Choose 'say' or 'tell': ___ good morning, ___ something, ___ one's prayers, ___ so

• say

• tell

Q.6: Choose 'say' or 'tell': ___ the time, ___ the secret, ___ the way, ___ one from another

• say

• tell

Q.7: We can report:

• statements

• questions

• commands, request, suggestions

• None of the above

Q.8: Report this statement: "The children are riding their bikes," Jenifer said to me.

• Jennifer told me (that) the children are riding their bikes.

• Jennifer told me (that) the children were riding their bikes.

Q.9: Report this statement: "Dad was mowing the lawn while I was cleaning the car," Ryan said.

• Ryan said (that) Dad was mowing the lawn while he was cleaning the car.

• Ryan said (that) Dad had been mowing the lawn while he had been cleaning the car.

Q.10: Report this question: "Do you like my new clothes?" she asked her friend.

• She asked her friend whether she liked her new clothes.

• She asked her friend if she liked her new clothes.