Q.
You
mush have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we
have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the following
sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred
in the above pairs of sentences. One has been done for you.
1.
To report a question, we use the reporting
verb asked
(as in Sentence Set 1).
2.
To report a declaration, we use the reporting verb __________.
3.
The adverb of place here
changes to ___________.
4.
When the verb in direct speech is in the present tense,
the verb in reported speech is in the ______________ tense (as in
Sentence Set 3).
5.
If the verb in direct speech is in the present continuous tense, the
verb in reported speech changes to ______________tense. For example,
____________ changes to was
getting.
6.
When the sentence in direct speech contains
a word denoting respect, we add the adverb _______________in the
reporting clause (as in Sentence Set 1).
7.
The pronouns I,
me, our
and mine,
which are used in the first person in direct speech, change to third
person pronouns such as____________, ___________, ___________ or
__________in reported speech.
