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Unit 6 Grammar AUnit 6 Detective Stories Grammar （ A ）

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Conan — a famous detective

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Detective Lu said ， ‘ A young man was killed in Valley Town.’

Detective Lu said (that) a young man was killed in Valley Town.

Direct speech

Reported speech

had been

Detective Lu

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Detective Lu said (that) we will work hard to find the murderer.

Detective Lu said ， ‘ We will work hard to find the murderer.’

wouldthey

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Detective Lu said, ‘We are checking the scene for fingerprints and other clues now.’

Detective Lu said (that) we are checking the scene for fingerprints and other clues now .

were checkingthey

then

Work out the rule!

We need to change the tense of the verbs （时态） , the pronouns（代词） , and the adverbials( 状语） when we use reported speech.

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Direct Speech Reported Speech

Simple presentSimple present

(( 一般现在时）一般现在时）The boy said,‘IThe boy said,‘I’m’m sca scared.’red.’

Simple pastSimple past（一般过去时）（一般过去时） The boy The boy said (tha (that) he t) he waswas scared scared 。。

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Direct Speech Reported Speech

Present continuousPresent continuous

（现在进行时）（现在进行时）‘‘The thief The thief is runningis running away,’said Mrs Ma.away,’said Mrs Ma.

Past continuousPast continuous（过去进行时）（过去进行时）Mrs Ma said (that) thMrs Ma said (that) the thief e thief was runningwas running a away.way.

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Direct Speech Reported Speech

Present perfectPresent perfect

（现在完成时）（现在完成时）‘‘I've finishedI've finished my repo my report,’ said Detective Lu.rt,’ said Detective Lu.

Past perfectPast perfect（过去完成时）（过去完成时）Detective Lu said(tDetective Lu said(that) he hat) he hadhad finishedfinished his report.his report.

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Direct Speech Reported Speech

Simple pastSimple past

（一般过去时）（一般过去时）‘‘I I read read the newspapethe newspaper,’said Mr Wu.r,’said Mr Wu.

Past perfectPast perfect（过去完成时）（过去完成时）Mr Wu said (that) he Mr Wu said (that) he had readhad read the newspa the newspaper.per.

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Direct Speech Reported Speech

Simple futureSimple future

（一般将来时）（一般将来时）‘‘WeWe'll'll looklook for more c for more clues,’ said Detective lues,’ said Detective LuLu..

...would......would...（过去将来时）（过去将来时）Detective Lu said (thDetective Lu said (that) they at) they would lookwould look f for more clues.or more clues.

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We are going to have a meeting this morning. We will talk about what happened last n

ight.

Detective Lu said (that)

___________________________________________________________they were going to have a meeting that morning.

He also said (that)

___________________________________________they would talk about what had happened the night before.

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Play a game—He/She said…

G1: It’s Christmas today.

He/She said it was Christmas that day.

G2: People are having Christmas parties at home.

He/She said people were having Christmas parties at home.

G3: A young man is walking alone on the street.

He/She said a young man was walking alone on the street.

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G4: He’s going to see his parents.

He/She said he was going to see his parents.

G5: Suddenly, a man comes out with a knife.

He/She said a man came out with a knife suddenly.

G6: He kills the young man and runs away.

He/She said he killed the young man and ran away.

G7: There is blood on his coat.

He/She said there was blood on his coat.

G8: The police have offered $5,000 .

He/She said the police had offered $5,000.

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Congratulations!

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Millie’s Report (I)

Mrs White said that she _________ a man with blood on his shirt.

Mr Frank said that he _____ a strange man in a blue van _____________.

Mrs Wu said that her cousin ____________a man running down Upper Street _____________.

had seen

had seen

the day before. had noticed

the night before.

The victim’s mother said (that) she ____________ scared.had been

Mrs Ma said ___________________

____________________________.

he didn’t care to go

out alone at night then and there was a risk of getting killed.

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Millie’s Report (I)

People in Valley Town said they hope _____________

____________________________________________.

Detective Lu said that time ______________________.

the police

time was running out.

Detective Lu said that he ________ a drawing of the suspect

___________.

would put up

the following(next) day.

Mrs Sun said ___________________________________.she would move to Moon Town for safety

would catch the murderer soon.

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What’s your name?

Detective Lu asked him what

is your name?

My name is Jack.

Find out the differences:

1. Change the word order.

2. Change the question mark to a full stop.

his name was .

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Where do you work?

I …I have no work.

Detective Lu asked where __________he worked.

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What did you do last night?

he

I didn’t kill anyone.

Detective Lu asked Jack

__________________________what he had done the night before.

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Do you know the victim?

Detective Lu asked ________________________________if/whether he knew the victim .

No, I don’t think so.

Rule:

For ‘Yes’/ ‘No’ questions, add ‘if’/ ‘whether’.

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Were you with your friends last

night?

Detective Lu asked ___________________________

__________

if/whether he had been with his friends

the night before.

Yeah, maybe…

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Is the coat with blood yours? We found it under your bed.

Detective Lu asked _____________________________if/whether the coat with blood was his .

Er, no…er,yes…

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Practise more1.Detective Lu asked Jack, ‘How old are you?’

Detective Lu asked Jack_____________________.how old he was

2.He asked Jack, ‘Do you live on your own?’

He asked Jack _____________________________.if/whether he lived on his own

3.He asked Jack, ‘ Did anyone see you last night?’

He asked Jack _________________________________________.if/whether anyone had seen him the night before

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Interviewing Detective Lu1. The interviewer: How many crimes have you solved?

The interviewer asked Detective Lu how many crimes he has solved.

2. The interviewer: Why did you become a detective?

The interviewer asked Detective Lu why he had become a detective.

3. The interviewer asked Detective Lu when the Valley Town murder had taken place?

4. The interviewer asked Detective if/ whether there had been more than one attacker.

5. The interviewer asked Detective Lu if/ whether he had solved the Valley Town murder.

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Millie’s Report (II)At last Detective Lu asked the murderer why does he want to kill the victim.

He said we are enemies. And he asked that the victim was really dead.

Detective Lu told me the Valley Town murder has been solved today .

if/whetherif/whether

had been solvedhad been solved that daythat day

they werethey were

he wantedhe wanted

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Make an interview on your school life with your partner, then report his/her answers to the class!

Pair work!

Tips:

• What time did you get up this morning?

• How long does it take you to finish your homework?

• Do you do sports every week?

• Do you like English?......

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1.Finish exercises on P106&107.

2.Make an interview with your parents about their daily life, then write a report on it!