Unit 18 Immigration and Identity
“We are all immigrants. Some people have forgotten that.” - Moises Rodrigues
Grammar (Page 168)
Reported speech (statements)
A. Look at the pictures and read the expressions.
A: You have to attend the meeting tomorrow.
B: Okay, sir.
A: What did the principal say?
B: He said that we have to attend the meeting tomorrow.
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B. Study the following.
Direct speech Indirect speech
'I love the Toy Story films,' she said. She said she loved the Toy Story films
'I worked as a waiter before becoming a He said he'd worked as a waiter before
chef,' he said. becoming a chef.
'I'll phone you tomorrow,' he said. He said he'd phone me the next day.
She asked, "What do you want?" She asked (me) what I wanted.
He said to me, "Do you live near here?" He asked me if/whether I lived near there.
"Don't be late," I said to Joe. I told Joe not to be late.
She said, "Don't the children like ice-cream?" She was surprised that the children didn't
like ice-cream.
In indirect speech, we often use a tense which is 'further back' in the past (e.g. worked) than the tense originally used (e.g. work). This is called 'backshift'. We may also need to change other words that were used, for example pronouns.
Change the following into indirect speech.
a. She said, "While I was having dinner, the phone rang."
Ans:- She said that while I was having dinner, the phone rang.
b. My friend said, "Where are they staying?"
Ans:- My friend asked where they were staying.
c. Jamila said, "I travel a lot in my job."
Ans:- Jamila said that she travelled a lot in her job.
d. She said to me, "We lived in China for five years."
Ans:- She told me that they had lived in China for five years.
e. He said to me, "Do you like ice-cream?"
Ans:- He asked me whether I liked ice-cream.
f. They said, "Hurray! We've won the match."
Ans:- They exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
g. He said, "I'd tried everything without success, but this new medicine is great."
Ans:- He said that he had tried everything without success, but that new medicine was great.
h. Sony said, "I go to the gym next to your house."
Ans:- Sony said that she went to the gym next to my house.
i. He said, "Be quiet after 10 o'clock."
Ans:- He told me to be quiet after 10 o'clock.
j. He said, "I don't want to go to the party unless he invites me."
Ans:- He said that he didn't want to go to the party unless he invited him.
k. He said to me, "I will see you tomorrow if you meet me."
Ans:- He told me that he would see me the next day if L met him.
l. She said, "If I were you, I would give up the work."
Ans:- She said that if she were me, she would give up the work.
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