Monday, October 11, 2010

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.