Reported Speech
From direct to indirect speech:
I study in the library.
I'm studying.
He/she said (that) he/she studied in the library.
He/she said (that) he/she was studying.
-ING or -ED
Adjectives which describe how someone feels usually have ______.
Adjectives which describe why they feel this way/a thing usually have ______.
Inspired or Inspiring: I felt __________ by the movie.
-ING or -ED
Adjectives which describe how someone feels usually have _-ed_____.
Adjectives which describe why they feel this way/a thing usually have _-ing_____.
Inspired or Inspiring: I felt _inspired_________ by the movie.
I spoke to one of the women. She was the one wearing the red skirt.
I spoke to ............................ the red skirt. (who)
the woman who was wearing
Mario is the guy who cuts my hair every month. He's 37 today.
Mario,............... , has his birthday today (who)
who cuts my hair
Direct --> Reported
He has lived in New York for three years.
You spoke French yesterday.
He said (that) he had lived in New York for three years.
He/she said (that) you had spoken French the previous day.
I think eating insects is ______________.
disgusted/disgusting
When I saw him eating with his mouth open, I was ___________.
I think eating insects is ___disgusting___________.
disgusted/disgusting
When I saw him eating with his mouth open, I was _disgusted__________.
We stayed in the Lodge Hotel in Vermont. It was our honeymoon.
It was the Lodge Hotel in Vermont ................... . (where)
where we spent our honeymoon
Carol's house is the largest in the street. She's my neighbor.
My neighbour is Carol,...................... in the street. (whose)
whose house is the largest.
We had eaten the food.
We'll go tomorrow.
They said (that) they had eaten the food.
They said (that) they would go the following day.
Create a sentence with bored and another with boring.
E.g.
I think that book is boring.
I felt bored during class.
Give me the scissors. Give me the ones that cut well.
Give me the ................. . (which)
scissors which cut well
We'll meet at Christmas. We'll talk about it then.
We'll talk about it at ........................ be at home. (when)
Christmas, when we can be
Tom: I must study.
Do you go to school?
Tom said (that) he had to study.
He/she asked if I went to school.
I'm really _________ to see the movie.
The movie was __________.
excited or exciting
disappointed or disappointing
I was _____________ by my grade.
My grade was ____________.
I'm really _excited________ to see the movie.
The movie was __exciting________.
excited or exciting
excited or exciting
disappointed or disappointing
I was __disappointed___________ by my grade.
My grade was _disappointing___________.
Radio was invented in the early 20th century. Marconi was the famous inventor.
Marconi became famous in the early 20th century ...................... the radio. (when)
when he invented
A chemist's is a shop that sales medicines.
YOU
A chemist's is a shop, ........................ medicines.
WHERE YOU CAN BUY | IN WHICH YOU CAN BUY
Is your favorite color blue?
Pay attention!
Teacher: Please work hard.
He/she asked me if my favorite color was blue.
He/she told me (or: us/them/you) to pay attention.
He/she/The teacher asked me to work hard.
Create two sentences with: embarrassed/embarrassing
Create two sentences with:
tired/tiring.
E.g.
I felt embarrassed when I fell off my bike.
It was embarrassing when I fell off my bike.
I am tired. I want to go to sleep.
Running is tiring. It makes you feel tired.
My wife hit that dog with the car. The dog was very old.
That's the dog .......................... the car. (whom)
whom my wife hit with
Their dog is called Ben. They've had it for ten years.
WHICH
Their dog, .........................for ten years, is called Ben.
WHICH THEY'VE HAD | WHICH THEY HAVE HAD