Direct and Indirect Speech

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Direct and Indirect Speech
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Direct and Indirect Speech

• Statement
• Question
• Command and Request

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What is direct and indirect speech

• When you report what people say you can use
  direct speech.
• Im hungry John said.
• John said that he was hungry.

• When you report what someone says you need to
  use verbs of speech. We usually use these verbs
  in past tense.

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Statement

• Remember When we change direct speech into
  indirect speech to show that something was said
  in the past we need to change the tenses
  pronouns time expressions etc.

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Statement
Mark is heavy.

• Indirect speech
• The girl said that the dog was heavy.

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Question
Will you come tomorrowWan
Who will come tomorrow Alice

• Alice asked Wan if she would come the next day.

• Wan asked Alice who would come the next day.

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Command and Request
Sit downDolly.

• May told Dolly to sit down.

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Exercise 1
I love you Jane.

• Tom said that__________
• _______________________.

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Exercise 2
Do you like me Ling Ling

• Mi Mi asked Ling Ling __________________
• _________________.

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Exercise 3
How big is the fish

• Mr. Tang asked me ________________
• _______________.

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Exercise 4
Listen to me Li Po Shan.
Mr. Yuen asked Li Po Shan ________________________
______________________.
Additional Exercise