If you have a sentence in Direct Speech, try to follow our 5 steps to put the sentence into Reported Speech: Define thetype of the sentence(statement, questions, command) Whattenseis used in the introductory sentence? Do you have to change theperson (pronoun)? Do you have tobackshiftthe ...
Reported speech with tense changes教学设计.Reported speech with tense changes教学设计 无锡市天一实验学校华亮 【教学目标】 1.知识和能力目标: (1)认识直接引语和间接引语这两种句式; (2)学习并掌握直接引语改间接引语时时态、人称和状语的变化; (3)学习并掌握直接引语改间接引语时句型的变化; (4)兼顾“说”...
Direct speech: I like ice cream. Reported speech: Shesays(that) shelikesice cream. We don't need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the 'person' from 'I' to 'she', for example. We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'. ...
Statements in Reported SpeechPronouns In reported speech, you often have to change the pronoun depending on who says what. Example She says, “My mum doesn’t have time today.”– She says that her mum doesn’t have time today. Tenses No backshift Do not change the tense if the ...
Free Indirect speech is one of the major types of reported speech.(自由间接话语是转述语的主要类型之一。) When we want to tell someone else what we or someone else has said we can use either direct or reported (or indirect speech).(当我们告诉别人我们或他人说过什么的时候,我们可以用直接引语...
Direct speech: Reported speech: I like ice cream. She says she likes ice cream. We don't need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the 'person' from 'I' to 'she', for example. We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'. On the other hand, ...
Examples for when and how to change place and time expressions: Direct speech Reported speech She said, "I work here." She said she worked there. They said, "We are eating now." They said they were eating then. You said, "She sings today." You said she sang that day. He said,...
Part4 Reported speech without tense change If we are reporting a fact or if the information is still true,we do not need to change the tense. ‘The sun rises in the east,’said Mr Wu Mr Wu said the sun rises in the east. Detective Lu said,“we will work hard to find the murderer...
Remember that in reported speech we usually change the tense of the direct statement. The present simple tense changes to the past simple, the past simple changes to the past perfect and so on. 还记得使用间接引语的时候,我们经常要靠改变直接语气的时态来完成。例如一般现在时态变成一般过去时,一般过...
Editorial note on reported speech,tense,and double negationPlank, FransLinguistic Typology