When we repeat another person's words, we can use direct speech or reported speech. When we report another person's words some time after they said them, we usually use a past tense verb to introduce them, and we also change the tense of the verbs. In general, the present form in direct speech changes to the past form in reported speech: e.g., the present form of the auxiliary verb 'will' turns into 'would'. The word 'tomorrow' changes to either 'the next day' or 'the following day'.
Quan repetim les paraules d'una altra persona, podem utilitzar la parla directa o l'estil indirecte. Quan narrem les paraules d'una altra persona un temps després que les hagi dit, normalment utilitzem un verb en temps passat per introduir-les, i també canviem el temps dels verbs. En general, la forma de present en la parla directa canvia a la forma de passat en l'estil indirecte: p. ex., la forma de present del verb auxiliar 'will' es converteix en 'would'. La paraula 'tomorrow' canvia a 'the next day' o 'the following day'.
| Task | "Charlie said: ""I'll go to the cinema tomorrow""." |
|---|---|
| Answer | 3 |
| a | Charlie said that he would go to the cinema tomorrow. |
| b | Charlie said that he will go to the cinema the next day. |
| c | Charlie said that he would go to the cinema the next day. |
| d | Charlie said that he went to the cinema the next day. |
| comment | When we repeat another person's words, we can use direct speech or reported speech. When we report another person's words some time after he/she said them, we usually use a past tense verb to introduce them, and we change the tense of the verbs as well. In general, the present form in direct speech changes to the past form in reported speech: e.g. the present form of the auxiliary verb 'will' turns into 'would'.The word 'tomorrow' changes to either 'the next day' or 'the following day'. |
| topic | reported speech |
| level | 1 |
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