FLUENT SPOKEN ENGLISH FOR TAMIL AND TELUGU SPEAKING STUDENTS : FLUENT SPOKEN ENGLISH FOR TAMIL AND TELUGU SPEAKING STUDENTS CREATED BY PROF.B.VIJAYALAKSHMI
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXPERT MEMBER
PAID PUBLIC CLASS FOR TAMIL AND TELUGU SPEAKERS
Title: Reporting Statements and its usage in Spoken English
REPORTING : REPORTING OBJECTIVE: To understand structures involved in giving messages.
Reported speech or indirect speech structures are used for giving messages.
Messages contain what some one said.
What some one instructed to do.
What some asked.
REPORTING STATEMENTS : REPORTING STATEMENTS In reporting statements action words said, told and replied are used.
She said she was on her way.
He replied he was active.
When words like said, told and replied (Past) are used, verbs in the messages change in the following manner.
While Changing Direct speech into Indirect : While Changing Direct speech into Indirect Am = was are = were/was
Is =was was = had been
Were = had been will = would
Can = could has/have = had
Here = there tomorrow = the next day
Do not, does not = did not
Rules for changing Direct Speech into Indirect : Rules for changing Direct Speech into Indirect When the reporting or principal verb is in the past tense, all present tenses of the Direct are chnaged into the corresponding past tenses.
1. A simple present becomes simple past.
Eg:He said: “I am Busy”
She said that she was busy.
2. A present continuous becomes a past continuous.
Eg: He said, “My Mother is stitching clothes.
He said that his mother was stitching clothes.
Slide 6 : 3. A present perfect becomes a past perfect.
Eg: He said, “ I have passed the examination”.
He said that he had passed the examination.
4. The ‘shall’ of the Future tense is changed into ‘should’.
The ‘will’ of the future tense is changed into’would’.
Simple past in the direct becomes past perfect in the indirect.
Eg: He said, ‘ The cow died in the night’.
He said that the cow had died in the night.’
ASSIGNMENT : ASSIGNMENT Frame dialogues using direct and indirect speech.
Ten exchanges to be done and submitted to my mail.
THANK YOU : THANK YOU I thank wiziq platform for setting up a course for the benefit of the students.
I thank all the attendees for being patience to attend the session and making it interesting with their queries.
I thank almighty and my father for blessing me to grow into heights and to teach for the benefit of the