Grammar for Reported Speech

Reported questions複述句

1. Yes or No Question
“Is Mark a good skater?” asked Tom.
àTom asked if / whether Mark was a good skater. (名詞 跟 動詞)

2. Yes or no question將subject 放在動詞前面
“Is Ken here?” Mr. Wong asked.
àMr. Wong asked if / whether Ken was here.

3. Yes or No Question
Rule: 取走 DOES 轉動詞形態
“Does making models cost a lot?” Al wondered.
àAl wondered if / whether making models cost a lot.

4. Yes or no question + time expressions 時態
Robert:"Is Tim leaving on Friday?"
Yesterday Robert asked me if Tim was leaving on Friday.

5. WH-Question +取走Do / Does版本
“What hobbies do you like?” asked Ed.
àEd asked what hobbies I liked.

6. WH- Question
“Who is going to play first” asked Don.
à Don asked who was going to play first.

7. WH- question + time expressions時態
A man:"When does the train to Liverpool leave?"○
à A man asked me when the train to Liverpool left.

8. WH- Question
Grandmother:"Where are my glasses?"
à Grandmother asked me where her glasses were.

9.Reported Question複述問句
Barbara:"Must I do my homework this afternoon?"
Yesterday Barbara asked me if she had to do her homework that afternoon.


10. Reported Speech +Time Expressions時態
Emily:"Our teacher will go to Leipzig tomorrow." 明天
àEmily said that their teacher would go to Leipzig the next day. 下一天

11. Reported Speech + time expressions昨日時態
Helen:"I was writing a letter yesterday." 昨日
àHelen told me that she had been writing a letter the day before. 日前

12. Reported Speech + time expressions去年時態
Robert:"My father flew to Dallas last year." 去年
àRobert told me that his father had flown to Dallas the year before. 一年前

13. Reported Speech + Time expressions 下個星期時態
My mother will celebrate her birthday next weekend."下個星期
àPatricia said that her mother would celebrate her birthday the following weekend. 接著的那個星期

14. Reported Speech + Statement with expression of time 這個星期時態
Michael:"I am going to read a book this week."
àMichael said to me that he was going to read a book that week.

15. Reported commands, negation 命令句 “don’t”
Karen:"Don't play football in the garden!"
Karen told me not to play football in the garden.

16. Reported Speech, simple statement
John:"Mandy is at home."
John said that Mandy was at home.

Learning Reported Speech Through Justin Bieber - One Time

Direct Speech
Your world is my world
And my fight is your fight
My breath is your breath

Reported Speech
Justin Bieber said her world was his world,
his fight was her fight and
his breath was her breath


Reported Speech

1. In reported speech, we usually report what was said at a different time, and so we change the tense to reflect the time which we are reporting.

2. Sometimes we need to change the pronoun.

3. We may also need to change other words about place and time.


Function:
We use reported speech to tell someone what another person said.


Important Points of Using Reported Speech:
1. If we report something which is still true, it is not necessary to change the verb.
2. When we are reporting past tenses, and we see the events from the same viewpoint as the original speaker, it is not necessary to change the tense.
3.Modal verbs could, might, would, should, ought, had better usually do not change in reported speech.

Past Continuous Tense: What Were They Doing?

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