Direct into Indirect
Mr. Tsang shouted, "I really like pizza!"
Mr. Tsang said that he really liked pizza.
The frog leaps all the way to the other side of the pond.
Present Tense
1 mistake:
Mrs. Poon complained, "how can you forget to do my homework!"
Capital letter - how
Give your teacher one word to replace "said".
Teacher check
Name the past tense of will, can and shall.
Would, could, should
Miss Sandra said, "I want to catch a movie."
Miss Sandra said that she wanted to catch a movie.
She is turning round and round.
Present continuous
2 mistakes:
Miss Yiu whispered "It's spooky here. Can we get out of here"?
Punctuation - comma missing
Punctuation - " before ?
Give your teacher two words to replace "cried".
Teacher check e.g. exclaimed, shouted etc...
Name three verbs in past continuous tense.
Teacher check e.g. was dreaming, were dancing etc...
Miss Fung said, "I can't believe I am flying in the sky!"
Miss Fung said that she couldn't believe that she was flying in the sky.
She has left home already.
Present perfect
3 mistakes:
Donald trump told that I am the richest man in the world.
Capital letter - trump
Wrong word - told
Wrong pronoun - I
Give your teacher 3 words to replace "stated".
Teacher check e.g. claimed, remarked, explained etc...
Name three differences between direct and indirect speech.
Teacher check
Mr. Nathan explained, "I need to complete a degree before I can become a teacher."
Mr. Nathan explained that he needed to complete a degree before he could become a teacher.
They have been studying a lot for their exams.
Present perfect continuous
4 mistakes:
the students wonder what the mistakes are in this reported sentence. Said Mr. Tsang.
Punctuation - missing quotation marks
Capital letter - the
Punctuation - full stop before said
Capital letter - Said
Give your teacher 4 words to replace "replied".
Teacher check e.g. responded, answered, commented, added...
What is the inverted pyramid? Explain it in details.
Upside down triangle containing who what when where - 4Ws, which is the lead and contains the most important information. Other less important information and questions starting with how are placed in the latter part of an article.