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When you change direct to reported speech
a Secret documents. b The EiffetTower. c Nothing. 1 the pronouns and possessive ad.iectives often change:
l, you, we, they, myself, yourself, my, your, etc.
2 time expressions often change:
todoy, tomorrow, yesterday, last month, etc.
$ Read point 2 in the Leorn this! box. Match time expressions
1-6 with their eguivalents in reported speech a-f.
1 today a the next week
2 tonight b the month before
3 next week c that day
4 yesterday d that night
5 this year e the day before
6 last month f that year
Read the direct speech and complete the reported speech
with the correct tenses, pronouns and time expressions.
1 'l'm doing my homework today,' he said.
He said homework _ .
2 'l don't understand your question,' she said to me.
She said question.
'We sold our car last month,' he said.
He said _ car
'l'l[ give you your book back tomorrow,' he said to her.
He said book bacl<
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Read the Look out! box. Underline all the examples of say
Read the quotations below. Underline the parts of the text
and tell in the text in exercise 1.
in exercise 1 that match them.
1 'The Eiffel Tower is becoming too expensive to maintain.' L&*W Se$W say and tell
2 'The Government has decided to se[[ it.' tell so m eb o dy (som eth in g)
3 'You can't te[[ anyone else about it.' She told me her name. NOT Shesaj.d-m*her-rmnr{,
4 'Lustig isn't tetting us the truth.' say something (to somebody)
5 'l'm acting strangely because I expect a bribe.' We soid goodbye to our cousins.
5 'l'tt give you a bribe.'
7 'Lustig tricked me.'
Complete the sentences with said or told. Then rewrite the
direct speech as reported speech.
Compare the quotations in exercise 2 with the parts of the
text that you undertined. Then complete the table. 1 'l'm not feeting wett,' my sister t01d me.
M1 sioter lold mo sha $asn't fealing v,relt.
2 'You've done realty wett,' my dad _ me.
3 'lt wit[ be great show,' the singer _
7 present simple past simpte
4 'l can't find my purse,' she _ to her boyfriend.
2 present continuous
5 'l'm going on holiday next week,' my aunt _ me.
3 past sim pte 5 'You don't need your bool<s today,' our teacher
4 present perfect us.
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5 con f can't {x ffi Thinl< of something that somebody totd you
6 will I won't which you didn't believe. Why didn't you believe it? Tett
the class.
.rk Read point 1 in the Learn this! box. Find examples of
pronouns that are different in direct speech and reported
speech in exercise 2.
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