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Direct speech and Reported speech

Direct speech and Reported speech. Nikola Haládeková. Language review. Direct speech Reported speech From direct speech to reported speech Pronouns of Direct and Indirect speech Adverbs of time and place Exercise 1 Exercise 2. DIRECT SPEECH.

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Direct speech and Reported speech

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  1. Direct speechandReported speech Nikola Haládeková

  2. Language review • Direct speech • Reported speech • From direct speech to reported speech • Pronouns of Direct and Indirect speech • Adverbs of time and place • Exercise 1 • Exercise 2

  3. DIRECT SPEECH • is used to give the exact words used by another speaker. • The words are given between quotation marks (" ") in writing: • EG: I LOVE CHOCOLATE. She said: ,, I love chocolate:“

  4. REPORTED SPEECH • is used to communicate what someone else said, but without using the exact words. • The tenses of the verbs are often changed. • EG: He said that he was going to come. (The person's exact words were "I'm going to come.") • REPORTING VERBS: say - He said that ... tell - He told me that ... admit, agree, answer, believe, claim, complain,

  5. Pronouns

  6. Adverbs of time and place

  7. Exercise 1 I´m living in Bratislava now. Charlie said that he was living in BA now. I saw Helen at a party in June and seemed fine. He said that he had seen Helen and she had seemed fine. I haven´t seen Diane recently. He said that he hadn´t seen Diane recently. My car was stolen a few weeks ago. He said that his car had been stolen a few weeks ago. I will tell Ann I saw you. He said he would tell Ann he had seen me.

  8. Exercise 2 • Samira said, "Monica speaks English very well." • Samira said that Monica spoke English very well. • Gabriela said, "I can't possibly finish my work by five o'clock.„ • Gabriela said that she couldn't possibly finish her work by five o'clock. • Martha said, "I am going to go to Mexico next year." • Martha said that she was going to Mexico next year. • Truc said, "I went to Vietnam to visit my family." • Truc said that she had gone to Vietnam to visit her family. • Sang said, "I have already written a letter to my family in Thailand." • Sang said that he had already written a letter to his family in Thailand.

  9. SEE YOU LATER ...

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