What can you see from the following sentences.ppt

I. Fill in the blanks according the sentences. 1. Linda said, “I’m meeting David for dinner.” Linda said (that) she ____ ________ David for dinner. 2. Bill said, “I forgot to pay my electricity bill.” Bill said (that) he ______ __ to pay his electricity bill. was meeting forgot to 3. I asked Jack, “Do you know the caller’s name?” I asked Jack _______ __ _____ ____ _______ ______. 4. The teacher asked him, “Why were you late yesterday?” The teacher asked him ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ _______. whether he knew the caller’s name why he was late the day before 5. “Don’t make so much noise, boys,” the teacher said. The teacher told the boys ___ __ _____ so much noise. not to make Volcanic eruption don’t happen very often on the island. A scientist said that ________________ _________________________________ ______________. II. Rewrite the sentences using the reporting expressions. volcanic eruptions didn’t happen very often on the island 2. No one was on the island during the volcanic eruption. A local journalist said that __________ _________________________________ _________________________________. no one was / had been on the island during the volcanic eruptions 3. The thunderstorm will put out the fires. Local people said that _______________ ________________________. the thunderstorm would put out the fires 4. The residents can go back to their homes. The governor said that ______________ __________________________________. 5. Several eruptions have taken place in the last twenty years. A local radio station said that __________ _________________