Transcript S 3 English Direct & Indirect Speech

S 3 English
Direct & Indirect
Speech
• We can use reported
speech to talk about
what someone else said.
• Indirect Speech=
• Reported Speech
• (間接引語)
• Target Unit 7
• P.6,7
Tom said, “ I am hungry.”
There are 3 types of speech
• 1.Statement (陳述)
• Direct Speech: Tom
said, “I am hungry.”
• >>Indirect Speech:
• Tom said that
he was hungry.
We use different reporting verbs.
• Reported Statement(陳述)
• eg. He said that he did not
know your address.
We use different reporting verbs.
• Reported command :命令
• change ‘said to’ to told
• He told me to wait for him.
• Reported request:要求
• He asked me to help him.
“Move your car.”
• policeman
driver
2. Command or request (命令/請求)
• I . Command
• Direct Speech:
• “ Move your
car, ” the
policeman told
the driver.
• >> Indirect Speech:
• The policeman
told the driver to
“Please get me some water.”
Miss Wong
Alan
II. Request 請求
• Direct Speech:
• “Please get
me some
water,” Miss
Wong said to
Alan.
>> Indirect Speech:
said to >>> asked
Miss Wong asked Alan
to get her some water.
We use different reporting verbs.
• Reported question
• ??????????????
• He asked me how
I did it.
Tom
3. Questions
• I. Wh- question
• Direct Speech:
• eg. “Where do
you come from?”
Tom asked me.
>>>Indirect Speech:
Tom asked me where I
came from.
nurse
II. Yes/No question
• Direct Speech:
• “Are you ill?”
she asked me.
Change the order of the subject
and the verb in questions.
• She asked me if + subject +
verb + ……….
>>Indirect Speech:
• She asked me if I
was ill.
We change tenses when using
indirect speech like this.
Direct speech
Indirect speech
Simple s n  Simple s  tense
tense
The lady said that she
“I
happy,” said


the lady.
 s happy.
Present Continuous Tense>>
Past Continuous Tense
• “The thief is running
away,” said Mrs.Chan.
• Mrs. Chan said that the thief
was running away.
s n 
>> s  
have/has finished >> had
finished
 i  s  >> s  
saw
>> had seen
 i   >>
will/shall find
oniion
>> would find
The tense does not always change in indirect speech.
If we are reporting something which is generally true,
or something that is still true, the tense stays the
same.
• “China is the biggest
country in the world,” he
said.
• >>> He said that
• China is the biggest
country in the world.
Change the modal verbs.
• Can >>>
• could
• shall >>>
• should
• may >>>
• might
• must >>>
• had to
Change ‘don’t’ to ‘not to’
• ‘Don’t move,’ the
robbers shouted.
• >>The robbers told
us not to move.
Change the time words.
• “I saw a pretty girl
today,” said Edison.
• Edison said that he
had seen a pretty girl
that day.
yesterday
>>> the day before
• tomorrow >>>
•
the following day
• last year >>>
•
the previous year
• next week >>>
•
the following week
Change ‘here’ to ‘there’.
• “Put the bottle
here,” he said.
• Indirect Speech:
• He told me to put
the bottle there.
Change ‘this’ to ‘that’;
‘these’ to ‘those’.
• eg. “I like this jacket and these socks,”
said Miriam.
• >>>Indirect Speech
• Miriam said that she liked that jacket
and those socks.
Change the pronouns and
possessive adjectives.
• I, me, my --->>>
• we, us, our ---->>
• you, your -->>>
• he/she, him/her,
his/her
• they, them, their
•
•
•
•
he/she/they/
him/her/them,
his/her/their
me, my
Take out your notebook
now.
Exercise 1:
• 1. “ I am afraid,”
said Mark.
• Ans:
• >> Mark said
that he was
afraid.
2.“Get down onto the floor,”the
robbers said to the manager.
• Ans:
• >>>The robbers
told the manager
to get down onto
the floor.
3. “Please wake me up at 6 a.m.,”
Joey said to her mother.
• Ans:
• >>>>> Joey
asked her mother
to wake her up at
6 a.m.
4.“Will you be my
girlfriend?”Edison asked Joey.
• Ans:
• >>>Edison asked
• Joey if she would
• be his girlfriend.
5. “What do you do?” Miss
Mo asked me.
• Ans:
• Miss Mo asked
me what I did.
• Try to do
Target p.7
now.
Please check your answers.
(1) “I will write a report about the
robbery tomorrow,” said the Manager.
• Ans:
• The Manager said that
he would write a report
about the robbery the
following day.
(2) “I tried to press the
alarm under my desk,” said
the cashier.
• Ans:
• The cashier said that he/she
had tried to press the alarm
under his/her desk.
3. “Where is the key?”the
robber asked me.
• Ans:
• The robber asked me
where the key was.
4. “Shut up!” shouted the
robber.
• Ans:
• The robber ordered/told
us to shut up.
Try to do your worksheet
now.