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Grammar and Usage 南京五中 方玉勇 黃祖明 Leadin T: What did you eat this morning? S1: ‘I ate ….’ T: What did S1 say, S2? S2: S1 said he/she ate…. direct speech reported speech We use direct speech to report what exactly has been said. If we write the speech down, the words will usually appear in quotation marks. 1 Which one is direct speech and which one is reported speech? He said, ‘I will go to school tomorrow.’ She told us something secret. 2 Change the direct speech into reported speech. She said, ‘This film is quite interesting.’ ‘Finish the project tomorrow.’ he said to me. (direct speech) (reported speech) She said that that film was quite interesting. He asked me to finish the project the next day. (Change what has been said to an object clause or an infinitive phrase.) What should we pay attention to? 1 personal pronouns and tense 1 Miss Yang said, ‘ I will buy a new dress.’ Miss Yang said that she would buy a new dress. Ex. Simon said, ‘ I wrote a letter.’ How to change the tense? Have a look. Simon said that he had written a letter. Direct Speech Reported speech Direct Speech Reported speech Simple present Simple past Simple future Future in the past Present continuous Past continuous Past perfect Past perfect Simple past Past perfect Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Present perfect Past perfe