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Reported speech (2)

A- sentence
1- Remove " " and add (that)
2-Change the pronouns
3-Change the tense
4-Change time expression
Ex. "I like football" Ahmed said
(that)
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Ex. "We played football yesterday". The boys said.
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(that)

Changes
1- Present simple ______Past simple
(s - es - ies or infinitive ) _____ ( d- ed ied or irregular )
Ex. " I want to be a doctor ". Ali said. ( that )
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2- Present continues______Past continues
( Am/ is / are + v + ing )____( was/were + v + ing)
Ex. "I'm reading a story now ". Mona said
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( that )

3- Past simple ______ Past perfect


( d- ed - ied or irregular ) _____( had+ p.p )
Ex. "I played tennis yesterday". Noha said
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( that )

4- Present perfect ___________ Past perfect


( has / have + p.p ) __________ ( had + p.p )
Ex. " I have done my homework ". Nada said. ( that )
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Changes of time expressions
Will ___would
Shall___ should

May ___might
Can ___ could
Must ___ had to
Has to/ have to ____had to
This ___ that
These ____ those
Thus _____ so
Today ___ that day
Tonight ____ that night
Tomorrow ____ the next day / the following day / the day after
Yesterday ______ the day before \ the previous day
Now ____ then\ at that time / at that moment
Last ( year - week - night -month ) ______ the ( year - week - night month ) before
Ago _____ before
Two years ago ___ two years before
Here ____ there
Next ( week - year - month) ____ the following ( week - year - month )
Come ___ go
Am \ is ___ was
Are ___ were
Was / were ___ had been
Said to ___ told
Say to ___ tell
Says to ___ tells
Excercise
1- " I will go to Luxor tomorrow ". Ali said ( that )
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2- " I' m reading a book now ". Nada said to Noha. ( told )
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3- " I went to London last year ". She said to me ( told )
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4- "We were reading a book " the children said. ( that )
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5- " I am listening to our favourite song now" they said (that)
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Commands
To + inf.
not to + inf.
"Study well" mom told me. ( that).
"Don't waste your time".( Nada
ordered me)
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"Sit down"the teacher ordered me (to). "Don't play in the street" ( mom
ordered me )
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Questions
1- yes , No questions
1-Remove " " and use ( if or whether)
2- Remove ( Do , Does , Did ) from the beginning of the question
3- change the pronouns
4- change the tense
5- ( sub + verb ) not ( verb + sub )
Ex. 1-"Do you like English?" Mom asked me (If)
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2- "Did you play tennis yesterday?" Ahmed asked Mona. (if)
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3-"Can you play squash?"she asked me (if)
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4- "Will you go to the cinema tomorrow?" Nada asked me. ( whether )
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5- "Have you done your homework ?"
She asked me..................................................................

2- Wh. Questions
1- Remove " " and use the same question word
2- Remove ( do - does - did )
3- change the pronoun
4- change the tense
5- ( sub + verb ) not ( verb + sub)
Exercise
1-"Where are you going?"Mom asked me. (gone)
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2-" When will you travel to Luxor?" (She asked me)
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3- "Why did you leave the house, Soha ? Nada asked
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4-"How many books do you have?" I asked Ahmed
I asked Ahmed ............................................................
5-"How long will you stay in Cairo?" She asked me. ( would )
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