Grammar
Do we use "quotation marks" with reported speech?
No, we don't.
Correct the mistakes:
He say John hadn't visited he grandmother yesterday.
He said John hadn't visited his grandmother the day before.
Correct the mistakes:
She tell me that Mark will go out tomorrow.
She told me that Mark would go out the day after/the following day.
How many pairs of arms octopuses have?
They have four pairs.
What is the difference between direct speech and reported speech?
Direct speech - what someone truly said.
Indirect speech - when we want to tell someone what the other person said.
Present simple changes into what tense in reported speech?
It changes to past simple.
Past simple changes into what tense in reported speech?
It changes to past perfect.
How do you call a baby spider?
Spiderling.
How do we start every reported speech sentence?
We use verbs such as: said, told, remarked, mentioned...
Transform the given adverbials of time to reported speech:
yesterday, tomorrow, last year
the day before, the day after/the following day, the previous
Transform the given modal verbs to reported speech:
can, will
could, would
How many percent of adult Americans believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows?
Around 7 % adult Americans.
What grammatical structures are changed in the reported speech?
Tenses, modal verbs, personal pronouns and adverbials of time or place.
Transform the sentence back to direct speech:
Jane said that she had never visited London.
Jane says: "I have never visited London."
Transform the sentence back to direct speech:
Eric said that Judy wasn't going to school the following day.
Eric says: "Judy isn't going to school tomorrow."
How many penguins can polar bears eat in one sitting?
They can eat 86 penguins.
What happens with the tenses in reported speech?
We move them one tense back.
Transform the sentence to reported speech:
Mallory: "Michael has visited multiple countries."
Mallory/She said Michael/he had visited multiple countries.
Transform the sentence to reported speech:
Kate: "I am living in Prague now."
Kate said she was living in Prague then.
What is illegal in the Houses of Parliament?
It is illegal to die there.