Check out this document with important points and useful expressions for OPINION ESSAYS
Thursday, 14 January 2021
Monday, 17 February 2020
REPORTED SPEECH
CHANGES FROM DIRECT SPEECH TO
REPORTED SPEECH:
1.
Use of a REPORTING VERB (normally in
Past simple):
He
SAID that... / She TOLD me that... / They ASKED if...
2.
Changes in VERB TENSES:
DIRECT SPEECH
|
REPORTED SPEECH
They told me that...
|
PRESENT SIMPLE
She studies English
|
PAST SIMPLE
... she studied English.
|
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
She is studying English
|
PAST CONTINUOUS
... she was studying English.
|
PRESENT PERFECT
She has studied English
|
PAST PERFECT
... she had studied English
|
PAST SIMPLE
She studied English
|
PAST PERFECT
... she had studied English
|
PAST CONTINUOUS
She was studying English
|
Past perfect continuous
.... she had bee studying English
|
PAST PERFECT
She had studied English
|
PAST PERFECT
... she had studied English
|
AM/IS/ARE GOING TO
She is going to study English
|
WAS/WERE GOING TO
... she was going to study English
|
WILL
She will study English
|
WOULD
... she would study English.
|
CAN
She can study English.
|
COULD
... she could study English.
|
HAVE TO / MUST
She has to study English
|
HAD TO
...she had to study English
|
WOULD
She would study English
|
WOULD
...she would study English
|
MAY
She may study English
|
MIGHT
...she might study English
|
3.
Changes in TIME EXPRESSIONS
Now --- then
Today --- that day
Yesterday ----- the day before, the previous day
Tomorrow ----- the next day, the following day, the day after
Next
week/month/year ----- the following
week/month
Last
week/month/year ----- the previous
week/month, the week/month before
A
week /month/year ago ----- the week/month
before
Tonight ----- that night
4.
OTHER CHANGES
This --- that
These --- those
Here --- there
Change
of pronouns
A.STATEMENTS
- Direct speech: Ana: “The sky is blue”
- Reported speech: She said (that) the sky was blue.
B. QUESTIONS
YES/NO QUESTIONS
- Direct speech: "Do you like chocolate?"
- Reported speech: She asked me if I liked chocolate.
WH- QUESTIONS
- Direct speech: Ana: "Where do you live?"
- Reported speech: She asked me where I lived.
C. REQUESTS/ COMMANDS
- Direct speech: Ana: "Please don't be late."
- Reported speech: She asked us not to be late.
- Direct speech: Ana: "Sit down!"
- Reported speech: She told me to sit down.
- REPORTING VERBS SAYTELLASKADMIT
ANNOUNCE
CLAIM
COMPLAIN
EXPLAIN
WARNINFORMPROMISEREMIND
NOW PRACTISE REPORTED SPEECH WITH THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES:
Reported Speech 1
Reported Speech 2
Reported Speech 3
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