Revision High Intermediate A grammar contents. English Grammar - direct speech - quoted speech and indirect speech - reported speech - Learn English We often have to give information about what people say or think. In order to do this you can use direct or quoted speech, or indirect or reported speech. Direct Speech / Quoted Speech Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech (sometimes called quoted speech) Here what a person says appears within quotation marks ("...") and should be word for word. For example: She said, "Today's lesson is on presentations." or "Today's lesson is on presentations", she said. Indirect Speech / Reported Speech Indirect speech (sometimes called reported speech), doesn't use quotation marks to enclose what the person said and it doesn't have to be word for word. When reporting speech the tense usually changes. For example: Tense change As a rule when you report something someone has said you go back a tense: (the tense on the left changes to the tense on the right): Modal verb forms also sometimes change: ! You can also use the present tense if you are talking about a future event. Time change ! ! !
Let / Make / Have / Get 1. Sam really wanted a dog, but his parents wouldn't him have a pet. 2. I can't believe she you look at her vacation pictures again last night. We have to look at those stupid pictures every time we go to her house. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Reported Speech Exercises Reported Speech Exercises Here's a list of all the reported speech exercises on this site: (Click here to read the explanations about reported speech) Reported Statements: Reported Questions: Reported Orders and Requests: Reported Requests and Orders Exercise (intermediate) (in PDF here) Mixed Exercises: Return to reported speech explanations from reported speech exercises. LoginSubscribe to PEG+What's New?
Causatives: Have and Get Download this explanation in PDF here.See my explanation about the causative verbs 'let' and 'make' here. We use a causative verb when we want to talk about something that someone else did for us or for another person. It means that the subject caused the action to happen, but didn't do it themselves. Maybe they paid, or asked, or persuaded the other person to do it. For example, we can say: I cleaned my house. Have + object + past participle (have something done) We usually use 'have something done' when we are talking about paying someone to do something for us. I had my car washed.John will have his house painted.Get + object + past participle (get something done) We can also use 'subject + get + object + past participle'. The students get their essays checked.I'll get my hair cut next week.He got his washing machine fixed.Try an exercise about 'have something done' and 'get something done' here. Have someone do something (have + person + infinitive)
Reported Speech | Use of English 01.- Turn the following sentences into Reported Speech. 1 “They will have arrived in Bali by now,” he said .(out-of-date reporting) … He said they would have arrived in Bali by then …. 2 “I’ve always hated the music they play at this disco,” he said: [out-of-date reporting) . 3 “He’ll repair the car next Friday,” she said. 4 “I’ll be travelling home this time next week,” she said. 5 “He left last Monday,” she says . 6 “I haven’t decided what type of car I’ll buy,” he said. 7 “It’s time we went out,” she said. 8 “The earth is round,” he said 9 “When they were fishing they caught a trout,” he said . 10 “Your reports are all typed up,” the secretary said. 11 “Dinosaurs are extinct,” the teacher said . 12 “Paris is a small city,” said Lucy 13 “I’ve been sunbathing all afternoon,” he said. 14 “She looks very pretty today,” said Paul. 15 “If I were you, I’d enter the competition,” he said. 16 “If they had played well, they’d have won,” the coach said 18 “Water freezes at o-c.: the professor said
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Reported speech – tips and activities | Onestopenglish By Kerry G. Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield Tips and ideas from Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on teaching reported speech. Introduction Reported speech is a very rich grammar area to teach because: It can involve considerable manipulation of form.It’s a very easy piece of grammar to locate and exploit with texts. The activities here are divided into different kinds of drill, ways of exploiting texts and analysis. At it’s most basic, you can simply read out a sentence and ask the students to rephrase it beginning with He said …/She said… For example: T: I don’t like it.Ss: He said he didn’t like it.T: I hate it.Ss: He said he hated it. This can be made a little more interesting in the following ways: Activity: Chain reports Version 1The following activity is a variation of the well-known 'broken telephone'. Version 2If the above seems too easy, ask students to alternate reported speech/direct speech. T: I like it.S1: He said he liked it.S2: I like it.S3 … Activity: I didn't get that. Note
A Little vs. a Few - Rules, Examples & Exercises Rule Use a little for non-countable nouns (e.g., jam, time). Use a few if the noun is countable (e.g., jars of jam, students). I have coffee with a little milk.She likes a few songs by Frank Sinatra. Examples for a little / a few I always enjoy a little cream and sugar in my coffee.Jesse has a few speeding tickets, so his insurance rate is higher than mine.We have a little extra time this afternoon; do you want to watch a movie? A little / a few exercises Decide whether you have to use a little or a few: Can you please buy _______ apples.We need _______ water.I have _______ money left.I take _______ sugar with my coffee.We had _______ pints of beer there.You have _______ time left.There are _______ chairs in the room.He only spent _______ dollars there. Answers: a fewa littlea littlea littlea fewa littlea fewa few
Reported Speech Exercises on Reported Speech If we report what another person has said, we usually do not use the speaker’s exact words (direct speech), but reported (indirect) speech. Therefore, you need to learn how to transform direct speech into reported speech. The structure is a little different depending on whether you want to transform a statement, question or request. Statements When transforming statements, check whether you have to change: pronouns present tense verbs (3rd person singular) place and time expressions tenses (backshift) → more on statements in reported speech Questions When transforming questions, check whether you have to change: Also note that you have to: transform the question into an indirect question use the interrogative or if / whether → more on questions in reported speech Requests pronouns place and time expressions → more on requests in reported speech Additional Information and Exeptions → more on additional information and exeptions in reported speech Requests in Reported Speech
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Fun ways of practising Reported Speech | Teflnet 1. Reported speech reversiPrepare cards with reported speech on one side and direct speech of the same sentence on the other. Students have to correctly say what is on the other side to turn it over and score one point. There are many games you can play with these cards, including the TEFL version of Reversi/ Othello that was first described by Mario Rinvolucri in Grammar Games and that is the subject of an upcoming article of mine. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
English in Valencia: grammar notes - reported speech Grammar notes: reported speech Reported speech is often also called indirect speech. When we use reported speech, we are usually talking about the past (because obviously the person who spoke originally spoke in the past). The verbs therefore usually have to be in the past too. For example: "I'm going to the cinema". Basic tense chart The tenses generally move backwards in this way (the tense on the left changes to the tense on the right): Other verb forms Other verb forms also sometimes change: Things are slightly more complicated with imperatives. When verbs don't follow the rules The verb tenses do not always follow the rules shown above. You've invited someone for dinner at your house, and the phone rings. Another example: A friend says to you: María's ill. Direct statements in a past tense do not always change either, because a change might alter the meaning or just make it sound confusing. A friend is telling you about the horrible weather: It started raining heavily when I left work.
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