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Elite Education Regular 2017 - 2018 G7 Lesson 15

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Indirect Speech Direct Speech

IMAGINE 3 people:
A, B, & C
AB
BC
B reports to C what A said

Possible changes:

Change in ____________________ (e.g. here there)

Change in ____________________ (e.g. now that time)

(e.g. am was [tense change])

Change in ____________________ (e.g. I he /she)

e.g.: Spencer said, I am here now. Spencer said he was there then.

Indirect to Direct Speech:

Look at what B says

Work out what A said

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Indirect Direct Speech

Exercise
How did the original speaker say it?

e.g. Lucy told Linus that she was looking at him from there.

Lucy said to Linus, I am looking at you from here.

1. Winnie said that she had not seen anyone more handsome than Sbencier.

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2. Jayne argued that there was someone there more handsome.

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3. Winnie asked who it was.

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4. Jayne said that Zhusten was the best-looking there..

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5. Winnie told Jayne that Jayne was wrong and Winnie was right.

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