Reporting Questions + “Be” verb questions. * Nanduni asked Methma, “ Are you angry with me?”. is reported as — Nanduni asked Methma if/whether she was angry with her. * The teacher asked, “ Are the elephants big?”. * The boy said, “ Is it very hot outside today?”. * Mother said, “ Was it raining to Balangoda yesterday?”. + The boy asked the girl, “ Are you married?”. * Wijemali asked, “ Is the baby sleeping?”. Scanned with CamScanner“Do” and “Have” verb questions * Dilma asked, “ Do you live in Balangoda?”. is reported as — Dilma asked/wanted to know if/whether | lived in Balangoda. + Kasun asked Methma, “ Have you got any brothers?”. is reported as — Kasun asked/wanted to know from Methma if/whether she had any brothers. + Tr. asked, “ Does Methma get angry very often?”. * Nanduni asked her father, “ Have you ever seen ghosts?”. + Navodi said, “ We don’t attend classes regularly as we have signal issues”. & Scanned with CamScanner* Teacher said, “ Where do you come from?”. is reported as- Teacher asked/wanted to know from where | came. * Teacher asked Janani, “ How are you?”. + “ Why do you follow this course?” * “How many brothers and sisters do you have?”. + “When did you enter the university?”. + “ What is your father?”. | +“ Who is your best friend?”. Reporting WH Questions Scanned with CamScannerReporting imperatives, Requests, Advices,Suggestions etc. + Imperatives: The teacher said, “Get out”. The teacher ordered the students to go/move out. Mother told the son, “ Don’t come home late”. Mother told the son not to come home late. + Requests: Sanduni said to Jithma, “ Please help me to complete the program”. Sanduni requested Jithma to help her to complete the program. * Nethmi said the teacher, “ Please please don’t tell anything about my boyfriend to my parents”. Nethmi pleaded/begged the teacher not to tell her parents anything about her boyfriend. & Scanned with CamScanner* Advices : Teacher told the students, “You ‘d better work hard for the examination”. Teacher advised the students to work hard. + The electrician said to the boys, “ Don’t touch the live wires”. The electrician advised the boys not to touch/refrain from touching the live wires. * Apologies: Teacher said, “ I’m sorry, it’s my mistake”. Teacher apologized for his mistake, teacher accepted his mistake, teacher worried about his mistake. Scanned with CamScanner+ Denials: The minister said, “ No No, | didn’t get involve with any illegal drug transporting”. The minister rejected/ refused/denied his involvement with drug transporting. The minister rejected the accusation levelled against him for transporting illegal drugs. * Suggestions: Kavindi said to her father, “ Shall we eat at a restaurant tonight?”. Kavindi suggested her father to eat at a restaurant that night. Or Kavindi suggested eating at a restaurant that night. * Promises: Nipun said to Nipuni, “ I'll definitely buy you a car for our wedding anniversary”. Nipun promised to buy his wife Nipuni a car for their wedding anniversary. & Scanned with CamScannerReporting words... + Insist * Encourage + Remind * Remark * Convince * Report * Invite + Reply + Recommend * Explain + Agreed/admit * Persuade * Claim ° Warn * reveal + Assure Scanned with CamScannerRewrite the following in reported speech + Tr.said to Pamudi, “ Don’t come to the class without doing homework”. “ Please don’t come to the class late”. “ Why don’t you do your project on reported speech?”. “ I’m sorry, | ‘ve given you old data”. “ I'll chase you out of the class”. “ No, | didn’t invite you to the party”. “ Please please do your best to help the poor”. “ You must participate the lessons actively”. “ I’ll help you to overcome the difficulties”. “ Having practical experience is vital”. “ You have made some language errors”. “ Doing something correctly is important”. Scanned with CamScanner