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English Academic assignment (Guia física) Worksheet #2

Teacher: Yeimy Pulido González Grade: 1001 (2nd) Second semester 2021
Student:_________________________________ Date:__________________
Estimado estudiante, lea cuidadosamente las instrucciones de cada actividad y realícelas procurando que sea durante las
horas y días asignados de clase. Favor anexar las hojas extra necesarias. Fecha de entrega: se informará en clase
presencial (para quienes tienen esta modalidad o según horario establecido (para quienes son de guía física).

TEMÁTICAS ESCENCIALES 601: Reported speech (with tenses review), Justifying points of view,
Identifying and describe objects, expressing agreements and disagreements, saber training.
Topic: Reported Speech Tema: Discurso indirecto

Explanation:

You have to use indirect speech / reported speech if you want to encase the quoted
sentence into a sentence. In this case there are going to be several changes in the quoted
sentence.

Changes: Let’s look at these B) Change the pronouns: X says to Y In

first. reported speech you have to change I, me,
my, mine, myself, / we, us, our, ours,
A) Look at the table below which contains the ourselves if X isn’t I or we. YOU HAVE TO
adverbs of time and place that you have to change CONFORM I OR WE TO X.
in reported speech. At the end of the list there We are
are two verbs that can be changed. Let’s see two examples:
friends.
Direct speech Reported speech I am a
this / these  that / those
studen
here  there
t.
now  then, at that time
today  that day
tonight  that night
yesterday  the day before, the
previous day Mary says to Peter she is a student.
tomorrow  the next day, the
following day Mary says to Peter they are friends.
the day after  in two days’ time
In reported speech you have to change you,
tomorrow
your, yours, yourself and yourselves if Y isn’t
the day before  two days before
yesterday you. YOU HAVE TO CONFORM YOU TO Y.
this (week)  that (week)
Let’s see an example:
last (month)  the (month) before, the
previous (month)
next (year)  the next (year), the You are a
following (year) teacher.
two days ago  two days before
ago  before
come  go
bring  take

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C) The order of the reported statements. D) The order of the reported question.

When you encase the quoted sentence, you have to Yes-no question:
use the following order:
whether /if + Subject + Predicate (modal verb
Subject + Predicate (modal verb if necessary + if necessary + verb) + Object + Adverbs
verb) + Object + Adverbs (place, time …) (place, time)

Let’s see two examples: Let’s see two examples:

 Yesterday I went to the shop.  Do you like chocolate?

Mary says to Peter she went to the shop the Mary asks Peter whether/if he likes
day before. chocolate.

 Now I am drawing a flower into my  Have you ever been to Scotland?

notebook. Mary asks Peter whether/if he has ever
Mary says to Peter she is drawing a flower into been to Scotland.
her notebook then.
Wh-question:

E) The order of the reported commands / Wh-question pronoun + Subject + Predicate

suggestions / requests (modal verb if necessary + verb) + Object +
You have to change the verb into TO+INFINITIVE. Adverbs (place, time)
If it is a negative command you have to change it into
Let’s see two examples:
NOT+ TO+INFINITIVE.
 Where do you usually buy food?
Let’s see two examples: Mary asks Peter where he usually buys
 Go to your room. food.
Mary tells the children to go to their room.
 Why have you bought this camera?
 Don’t watch late night films. Mary asks Peter why he has bought that
Mary tells the children not to watch late night camera.
films.
BE CAREFUL! You have to leave out “do”, “does”
The most common used verb to introduce a reported and “did” if there isn’t negation in the sentence.
command is ‘tell’. If there is ‘please’ in the direct
command, you have to use ‘ask’ and leave out ‘please.
If the person is mentioned in the
direct command, you have to
e.g.: Please, don’t give up. write it into the introduction.
He asks me not to give up. e.g.: Children, drink your juice.

Mother tells the children to

drink their juice.
Note: The following table gives you a good Example of how tenses change in Reported speech. Be careful
with the exceptions shown after the table.

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 TENSE DIRECT SPEECH TENSE REPORTED SPEECH
PRESENT “I work hard.” PAST SIMPLE He said that he worked hard.
SIMPLE
PRESENT “I am working hard.” PAST He said that he was working hard.
CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE “I worked hard PAST PERFECT He said that he had worked hard
yesterday.” the previous day / the day before.
PAST “I was working hard at PAST PERFECT He said that he had been working
CONTINUOUS six this morning.” CONTINUOUS hard at six that morning.
PRESENT “I have worked hard.” PAST PERFECT He said that he had worked hard.
PERFECT
PRESENT “I have been working PAST PERFECT He said that he had been working
PERFECT hard.” CONTINUOUS hard.
CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT “I had worked hard.” PAST PERFECT He said that he had worked hard.
FUTURE “I will work hard.” CONDITIONAL He said that he would work hard.
SIMPLE
MODALS “I can work hard.” He said that he could work hard.
“I could work hard.” He said that he had been able to
“I may work hard.” work hard.
“I must work hard.” He said that he might work hard.
“I shall work hard.” He said that he had to work hard.
“I should work hard.” He said that he should work hard.
He said that he should work hard.
 could  ought to  would
Don’t change:
 might  should  had better
 used to
C) NOTE:
1) You don’t have to go back a tense :
a. with present introduction. (Look at it above.)
b. if the content is still true
e.g.: Budapest is the capital of Hungary.  Tom said Budapest is the capital of Hungary.
c. if it is a (daily) habit
e.g.: I always get up at 6 o’clock.  Tom said he always gets up at 6 o’clock.
d. if it is a natural law.
e.g.: Cats like eating fish.  Tom said cats like eating fish.
e. if in the sentence there is Past Simple and Past Continuous, too.
e.g.: I was ironing when the telephone rang. She said to me she was ironing when the
telephone rang.
f. if we give the correct time in Simple Past Tense.
e.g.: I broke my leg on Tuesday. She said to me she broke her leg on Tuesday.
g. in second and third conditional tenses.
e.g.: If I were you, I wouldn’t go to that party. She said to me if she were/was me, she
wouldn’t go to that party.
2) Short answer in reported speech:
e.g.: Have you done the homework? Yes, I have. Sam asked Mary if she had done the
homework and she said she had.
3) Connecting some sentences in everyday conversations.
If you want to connect at least two sentences you have to use one of these linking words:
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  and  then
 and he/she added that  what’s more
 adding that  as well as
 because  even then
 but  after it …
 while

the verb example

agree to + V1 refuse to + V1
He agreed to punish the law-breakers.
offer to + V1 threaten to + V1
accuse sy to + V1 order sy to + V1
advise sy to + V1 promise (sy) to + V1 Tom encouraged her wife to write a new
beg sy to + V1 remind sy to + V1 book.
encourage sy to + V1 warn sy to + V1
inform sy + that warn (sy) + that Karen informed the students that they are
remind (sy) + that going to have a test in English.
add + that complain+ that
admit + that declare+ that
agree+ that demand+ that Tim denied that he had stolen the pictures
from the gallery the week before.
announce+ that deny+ that
believe+ that explain+ that
admit (to) + V-ing suggest +V-ing I suggested going to the theatre on
deny + V-ing Saturday.
accuse sy of + V-ing apologise for + V-ing Sally apologised for being late from work.
E) Other verbs that can be used to introduce
 to (be) sorry  to mutter  to request
 to comment  to note  to respond
 to confess  to notice  to retort
 to cry  to observe  to scream
 to disagree  to persuade of  to screech
 to doubt  to persuade sy out of sg  to shout
 to enquire  to persuade sy to do sg  to shriek
 to feel  to promise sy sg/sg to sy  to smile
 to groan  to prove  to urge sy to do sg
 to growl  to read  to want to know
 to hear  to realize  to whine
 to inquire  to recognize  to whisper
 to let somebody know  to recommend sg to sy / sy sg  to wonder
 to moan  to remark  to write
 to murmur  to reply  to yell

You can add an adverb of manner to make your introduction more expressive. Here are some
examples:
 angrily  reluctantly
 cheerfully  resignedly
 demurely  quixotically
 happily  sadly
 mysteriously  sweetly

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Activity #1: Rewrite the following statements using reported speech.

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1.2. Now write your own sentences following the previous example. (draw and complete)

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Activity #2: Complete
A. Say or Tell? Choose the correct one: C. Finish the sentences using reported speech.

1. Julie ____ that she would join us after 1. “He works in a bank”.
work. She said.....................................................
2. “I went out last night”.
2. She ____ me that she was going running She told me................................................
this evening. 3. “I can help you tomorrow”.
He said .....................................................
3. John ____ us that he couldn’t come.
4. “He hasn’t eaten breakfast”.
4. I ____ that I hated mushrooms. He said .....................................................
5. “I visited my parents at the weekend”.
5. Jack ______ my brother he would arrive in
He told me .................................................
Spain next week. 6. “I won’t see you tomorrow”.
6. They ____ they were meeting Luke today. She said.....................................................
7. “Lucy will come later”.
7. He _____ he wouldn’t start without us. Tom said ....................................................
8. I ____ them I’d bring pudding. 8. “I will have finished this paper by tomorrow”
He said.......................................................
9. He ______ me to shut up and play. 9. “It is very quiet here”.
10. My brother ____ them he was good at She said ....................................................
10. “We were in London last week”.
playing chess.
He said.......................................................
11. She _____ that it was a great idea. 11. “She has been living here since 2006”.
She said.....................................................
12. He _____ that it had snowed the previous
week.

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Activity #3:

Activity #4: Look for the Saber training booklet in this link (Cartilla “Know Now: Achieving skills,
preparing for life”). and write your answers from page 18 to 21.
https://www.redacademica.edu.co/catalogo/cartilla-know-now-achieving-skills-preparing-life

Si puedes: Follow this links for more information and pay attention to the teacher’s explanation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aOtbXum0OM (reported speech - rules)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFBqpuhHTDU (say or tell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIJcAvSaZGE (guide and practice)