2014-07-17 Structure: direct/indirect speech

Homework: p. 181
A
2 e
3 f
4 a
5 c
6 b
7 g
8 d
B
2 C
3 C
4 I - He asked if the bill included service.
5 I - He asked how much the service was.
6 I - He said they were short of time.
7 C
8 I - He told them to make their reports brief.
   or:He said to make their reports brief.
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He said, "I won't be here tomorrow."
-> He said (that) he wouldn't be there the next day.
He told me, "She didn't come."
-> He told me (that) she hadn't come.

She asked me, "What do you want me to do?"
-> She asked me what I wanted her to do.

She asked, "Do we have a test today?"
"Do we have a test today?" she asked.
-> She asked if they had a test that day. (whether)

I said, "Close the door."
"Close the door," I said.
-> I said to close the door.
I told her, "Open your book."
-> I told her to open her book.
I told them, "Open your books!"
"Open your books!" I told them.
-> I told them to open their books.
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Sometimes we don't need to change the tense of the verbs:
General truth - The teacher said water boils at 100C.
(I believe it is still true now, when I'm reporting it.)
She said she won't be here tomorrow. (= I believe her)

She will say, "I feel sick."
-> She will say that she feels sick.
He never says, "I don't want to help."
-> He never says that he doesn't want to help.
I've always said to students, "You have to do your homework."
-> I've always said that students have to do their homework.
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p. 188: report the conversations everyone has in the picture

The first police officer asked the man what had happened.
The man told him that he hadn't been paying attention to the stoplight and then he had hit the other car.
The bystander told the reporter that the man had been driving recklessly and had hit the other car.
The second police officer asked the woman what she could say about the situation.
The woman said she had been driving through a green light and that she's always very careful about that. She said that his car had hit her suddenly.

bystander: a person who is nearby when something happens (may not see anything)
innocent bystander - someone near an event who had nothing to do with what happened
witness: a person who sees something happen (may not be near)
eyewitness, expert witness
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p. 184 exercise 4
2 I could
3 what she needed
4 she had to write
5 her
6 what the quotation was
7 it was
8 what she thought it meant
9 it was
10 would like
11 was
12 if she thought it meant
13 could learn
14 she understood

What do you think it means?		you=Sally
People will like you if you listen. 	you=people in general

I asked, "Do you think it means people will like you if you are a good listener?"
-> I asked her if she thought it meant people will like you if you are a good listener.

"People would like you if you were a good listener."
= You (specifically) aren't a good listener, and that's why people don't like you.

"People will like you if you are a good listener."
= You (in general) can get people to like you by being a good listener.
(This is a conditional, but it's a conditional about a general truth, so we don't need to change the tenses.)

She told me, "If it rains tomorrow, I'll bring my umbrella."
-> She told me that she would bring her umbrella if it rained the next day.

She told me, "I would travel if I had more money."
-> She told me that she would travel if she had more money.


He told me, "I have eaten here before."
-> He told me he had eaten there before.

He told me, "I ate this morning."
-> He told me he had eaten that morning.
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Homework: p. 182-183 exercises 2 and 3
Exercise 2 - headlines from a different city last year
Exercise 3 - Write a direct question for each indirect answer.