Laarbi Tbessi High School –Tebessa-

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE SUPERVISION
GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
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GRADE : 1 st years st UNIT :Two LESSON: Grammar (Reported Speech)
TERM : Second SCHOOL YEAR : 2018/2019
STUDENT'S NAME : ………………………………………………….
.First study the following grammatical rules, and then do the task below them
Direct speech .I need some bandages

.Use reported speech to report what someone else said

He said he needed some

.bandages

.In reported speech, we change the present to the past**

.I need some bandages." He said he needed some bandages "-
.We are visiting our friend." They said they were visiting their friend"-

.Use said and told with reported speech**

We usually follow told with a personal object (the person that we are speaking to).
We usually use said without a personal object:

 She told me that she helped her mum.

 She said that she helped her mum.

**When we use reported speech, we sometimes change the time and place words .
Direct speech Reported speech
tonight, today that night, that day
this week/ month/ year that week/ month/ year
now then
tomorrow the next day
next week/ month/ year the next week/ month/ year
here there
this that
.In reported speech the pronouns and possessive adjectives change too**
I he/she my his/her me him/her
we they our their us them
Q.1.Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instruction between the
:brackets after each sentence
I am going to the mall now." (Reported speech: She said that…) ".1

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It isn't hot today." (Reported speech: He told me that…) ".2

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We give our books to the teacher." (Reported speech: Ahmad told his dad …)" .3

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: Q.2.Find out the mistake in each of the following sentences, and then correct it

The sentence The mistake The correction

He said the doctor that he
.felt ill
The teacher said that the
.exam was tomorrow
She told me that she doesn't
.watch TV
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.Q.3. write a representative sentence of each of the following

:Direct speech with the verb eat .1

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:Reported speech with the verb swam.2

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:Reported speech with the verb polluted .3

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