Indirect Statements

TR N KHAI NGUYÊN HIGH SCHOOLẦ WELCOME TO OUR CLASS ! The English Staff 3. They are repairing your car in the garage. (passive voice) REVISION Rewrite the sentences as directed 1. The man has phoned you. He talked to you at the party last night. (Relative cause) 2. He has just finished the reports. (Passive voice) 4. That’s the house. We used to live there in our childhood. (Relative clause) The man who/ that talked to you at the party last night has phoned you The reports have just finished Your car is being repaired in the garage That’s the house where we used to live in our childhood INDIRECT STATEMENTS (REPORTING VERB IN THE PAST) Compiled by Nguyễn Thị Bích Liên – Reporting Verbs in INDIRECT STATEMENTS SAY + that clause TELL +someone + that clause Examples “I spoke to Jane last week,” she said. She said that she had spoke to Jane the previous week “I’ll see you soon,” he said to me. He told me he would see me soon. I often play tennis She went to Moscow alone He’s gone home I’ll go with Anna She is staying with her aunt He said that he often played tennis. Simple Past He said that she was staying with her aunt. He said that she had gone to Moscow alone. She said that he had gone home. He said that he would go with Anna. DIRECT STATEMENTS INDIRECT STATEMENTS Simple Present Present Continuous Simple Past Present Perfect WILL Past Continuous Past Perfect Past Perfect WOULD Study the chart below and notice how the tenses are changed EXAMPLE 1 “ I am a ghost.” He said that he was a ghost. Simple Present Simple Past APRIL 1, 2004 . live in our childhood INDIRECT STATEMENTS (REPORTING VERB IN THE PAST) Compiled by Nguyễn Thị Bích Liên – Reporting Verbs in INDIRECT STATEMENTS SAY + that. that he had gone home. He said that he would go with Anna. DIRECT STATEMENTS INDIRECT STATEMENTS Simple Present Present Continuous Simple Past Present Perfect