NAME: SUAREZ RODRIGUEZ VANESSA DATE: 3/11/20

Inductive Grammar Chart

(Unit 5, page 52)

GRAMMAR. Indirect speech: imperatives

Look at these examples of direct and indirect speech.

Direct speech: Peter said, “Be careful if you go out during the storm.”
Indirect speech: Peter said to be careful if you go out during the storm.

They said, “Read the weather report.”  They said to read the weather report.
She says, “Don’t go out without a full tank of gas.”  She says not to go
out without
a full tank of gas.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Complete these grammar rules with direct speech or indirect speech.
1. Use quotation marks in direct speech .
2. In indirect speech , the verb in an imperative becomes an infinitive.
3. Use not + an infinitive in negative statements in indirect speech .

Look at these other examples of direct and indirect speech.

She told Dan, “Call me tomorrow.”  She told Dan to call her the next day.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Complete this grammar rule.
In the indirect speech example, call me changes to call her and you changes to I
.

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NAME: SUAREZ RODRIGUEZ VANESSA DATE: 3/11/20

Inductive Grammar Chart

(Unit 5, page 54)

GRAMMAR. Indirect speech: say and tell—tense changes

Look at these statements with say and tell.

Maggie told her parents to stay home.

Maggie said to stay home.

FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Complete these grammar rules. Use say or tell.
1. Use tell when you mention the listener.
2. Use say when you don’t mention the listener.

Look at these other examples with say and tell.

They said, “The weather is awful.”  They said (that) the weather
was awful. Dan said, “We all had the flu.”  Dan said (that) they all
had had the flu.
FIGURE IT OUT . . .
Complete these grammar rules.
In direct speech.
1. when the speaker used the simple present tense, the indirect speech uses the
simple past tense.
simple present / simple past

2. when the speaker used the simple past tense, the indirect speech uses the
past perfect tense.
simple past / past perfect

Top Notch 3, Second Edition Unit 5

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