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LANGUAGE PAGE
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2. a) Study the table on page 11 and the examples on page 13,
then say how the tenses change from direct to reported speech.
b) Complete the rules.
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• When the reporting verb is in the ... tense, the tense does not change in reported speech.
• When the reporting verb is in the ... tense, the tense changes in reported speech.
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3. Study the examples, then write 'say' or 'tell' in the blanks to complete the sentences below.
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"I have my lunch at school," he said.
He said (that) he had his lunch at school.
He said to Sally (that) he had his lunch at school.
He told Sally (that) he had his lunch at school.
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1. Jane ... (that) she wanted to learn how to use reported speech.
2. Mary ... us (that) she had done her homework already.
3. She ... to Tom (that) she was going to join the judo club at school.
4. Lucy ... me (that) she couldn't come to the party.
5. Our teacher... (that) he wasn't going to give us any homework for Monday.
6. They ... us (that) the pupils got a lot of work to do.
7. Suzan ... (that) she hadn't visited her granny yet.
8. Nobody ... me (that) I had to do this.
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Future-in-the-Past (Майбутній час з точки зору минулого)
is used when you look back on the past and want to remember things that were planned or believed to happen in the future. He hoped I would give him that book that day, but I haven't finished reading it yet.
I knew she wouldn't come to see us so soon. Mary said that she would play tennis with me.
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Future-in-the-Past is also used when we want to report the statement about the future.
77/go to toe library,"she said. (Direct Speech, Future Simple.) She said (that) she would go to the library. (Reported Speech, Future-in-the-Past.)
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Change the sentences from direct into reported speech.
1. "The concert finished at four," John said.
2. "I've finished the report," said Mary.
3. "I'll be late," she said to me.
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4. "We'll have dinner in a cafe," they said to their mother.
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