Unit : It’s a giant leap for mankind

Reported speech Revision

Activity 01:Rewrite the following quotes in reported speech.

1-a) “I’m coming back in… and it’s the saddest moment of my life.”
Ed White said at the conclusion of the first American spacewalk .
b) Ed White said .......................................................................................................................................................
2-a) “I feel fine. “ Yuri Gagarin responded to ground control when asked how he was doing.
b) Yuri Gagarin responded........................................................................................................................................
3- a) . ”I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” Neil Armstrong said from the Moon in July 1969.
b) Neil Armstrong said...............................................................................................................................................
4- a) ”When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the Moon, I cried.” Alan Shepard said his
b) Alan Shepard said.................................................................................................................................................
5- a) ”The scenery was very beautiful. But I did not see The Great Wall of China,”
Yang Liwei, China’s first astronaut said
b) Yang Liwei said.........................................................................................................................................................

Activity 02: Report the following questions indirectly.

a) “ What is the closest planet to the Sun?” the child asked
b) The child wanted to know.......................................................................................................................................

a) “Who was the first person to walk on the moon?” I said

b) I asked you...............................................................................................................................................................

a) “Is the sun a star or a planet? “ she asked

b) She asked................................................................................................................................................................

a) Miriam asked: “Can humans breathe normally in space as they can on Earth?”
b) Miriam wandered ...................................................................................................................................................

a) “What is the name of NASA’s most famous space telescope? “ he asked

b) He asked ...........................................................................................................................................................

a) “Does the sun orbit the Earth? “ Peter asked

b) Peter asked ........................................................................................................................................................

a) They asked :“Is the planet Neptune bigger than Earth?”

b) They asked ..........................................................................................................................................................