Grammar and Usage

Lead-in

T: What did you eat this morning?Tom: I ate …T ： What did Tom say, Jack?Jack: He said he ate …

direct speech

reported speech

Read the points 1-3 carefully and discuss them with your partners.

Question:What changes are there between direct

speech and reported speech?

Comprehension

What changes are there between direct speech and reported speech?

• Sentence structure; • Personal pronouns;• Tenses;• Adverbials of time and place;• Some verbs and pronouns;

Complete the letter at Page 9!

Possible answers:

(1) was (2) would be (3) had read(4)that (5)would (6) had bought(7) that (8) would (9) those(10) her

Practice

Change the following sentences into reported speech. 1. ‘I will come and see you again this evening, Tom.’

he said.

2. ‘I will come here again today,’ she said.

3. The doctor said to the patient, ‘You will have to wait till 3 pm tomorrow.’

He told Tom that he would go and see him again that evening.

She said that she’d go there again that day.

The doctor told the patient that he would have to wait till 3 p.m. the next day.

Notice:1. 直接引语中的谓语动词为一般过去时，如与一个表示过去的时间（如 1991,last week…）连用，在变为间接引语时时态不变。My father said to me, “I read the book in

1986”My father told me he read the book in 1986.

2. 直接引语表达的意思是客观真理时，在变为间接引语时时态不变。The geography teacher said to us, “The

earth goes around the sun.”The geography teacher told us that the earth

goes around the sun.

How to use reported speech to report:

statements

questions

imperative sentences

Read the points 1-3 carefully and discuss them with your partners.

Question:What words can be used to report statements,

questions, and imperative sentences?

Comprehension

What words can be used to report statements, questions, and imperative sentences?

• Statements• yes/no Questions• wh-questions • Imperative sentences reporting verb + O + (not) + to do

thatwhether/ifwh-words

Finish Ex. A and B at P.11!

Consolidation

Homework1. Finish Ex on Page 92.2. Newspaper No.38 Page 6.