必修一 Unit 1 Learning about language.ppt

He said he… plays football is playing has played played will play had played played football was playing had played had played would play had played Attention: When direct speech is about: a) a truth 真理 b) a timetable 时间表 c) a saying/proverb/quotation 格言/引用语 d) An adverbial indicating the past 过去的时间状语 There are some cases in which we don’t need to change the tense in indirect speech. He said, “the earth goes around the sun.” 2. He said, “The train leaves at 7:30p.m.” 3. He said, “Rome isn’t built in a day.” 4. Tom said, “I was born in July, 1978.” Change direct speech into indirect speech: He said that the earth goes around the sun. He said that the train leaves at 7:30p.m. He said that Rome isn’t built in a day. Tom said he was born in July, 1978. 5. He said, “I’m afraid I can’t finish this work.” 6. He said, “I haven’t heard from him since May.” 7. Tom said “I will see you next week.” He said that he was afraid he couldn’t finish that work. He said that he hadn’t heard from him since May. Tom said that he would see me the next week. 8. “Why were you late again?” The teacher said to me. 9. “Have you been to Paris?” My classmate asked me. 10. His friends asked him if he would go to Dalian. The teacher asked me why I was late again. His friends asked him, “Will you go to Dalian?” My classmate asked me if I had been to Paris. Try to do Student Book P5 Exercise2 Change the sentences either into direct speech or indirect speech: Anne said that she didn’t know the address of her new home. 2. Anne told her father that she had got tired of looking at nature through dirty curtains and dusty windows. 3. The girl said that she needed to pack up her things in the suitcase very quickly. 4. Her father asked her why she had chosen her diary and old letters. 5. “Are you very hot with so many clothes on?” Mother asked/said to her. 6. “What else have you hidden u