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UNAD ENGLISH
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Unit 1
Module 3

Reported speech
Reported Speech or
Indirect Style

We use reported speech when we want

to repeat what someone had previously
said.

Let's look at the difference between

direct speech and reported speech:
Direct Tomie said = 'I am tired.'
Reported Speech = 'Tomie said (that)
she was tired.'
 Aspects to bear in mind.

In reported speech we need to use the

past tense form of the verb. In direct
speech the present tense is used. As
you can see, in the above sentence 'am'
changes to 'was' when we use reported
speech.
Example:
 Sentences

We use reported speech when we are

saying what other people say, think or
believe.

He says he wants it.

We think you are right.
I believe he loves her.
Yesterday you said you didn't like it but
now you do!
She told me he had asked her to marry
him.
I told you she was ill.
We thought he was in Australia.
Sentences

When we tell people what someone has said in the

past, we generally make the tense 'more in the past'.

You look very nice. = I told him he looked very nice.

He's working in Siberia now. = She told me he was
working in Siberia now.
Polly has bought a new car. = She said Polly had bought
a new car.
Jo can't come for the weekend. = She said Jo couldn't
come for the weekend.
Paul called and left a message. = He told me Paul had
called and had left me a message.
I'll give you a hand. = He said he would give me a hand.
Reported Speech
Examples
The following sentences show some changes
in tenses.
Let´s practice online

Reported speech
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/report
edspeech/exercise1.html
http://www.cristinacabal.com/intermediate/itis
said1.htm
http://www.e-grammar.org/reported-
speech/test1-exercise1/
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/reported_sp
eech-exercises.html
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files
/grammar-exercise-reported-speech.php
Reported speech
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Unit 1
Module 3

Adjectives with
ED / ING
 Adjectives ending in ED
and ING

There are many adjectives that we have in

English that end in -ED or -ING.
Yes, that's correct, they are not only endings
that we use for verbs!
An adjective that ends in -ING is used to
describe: the characteristic of a person, a
thing or a situation.
An adjective that ends in -ED is used to
describe: a feeling (or how a person feels) or
an emotion. It is used to describe a
temporary thing. Since only people (and
some animals) have feelings, -ed adjectives
cannot be used to describe an object or
situation.
 '-ed' adjectives

Adjectives that end in -ed are used to

describe how people feel:
He was surprised to find that he had been
upgraded to first class.

I was confused by the findings of the

report.

She felt tired after working hard all day.‘

 '-ing' adjectives

Adjectives that end in -ing are used to describe things and

situations.

Being upgraded to first class is surprising.

The findings of this report are confusing.

Working hard all day is tiring.

 Aspects to bear in mind.

adjectives: -ed and –ing

A lot of adjectives are made from verbs by adding -
ing or -ed:
-ing adjectives:
The commonest -ing adjectives are:

amusing shocking surprising frightening

interesting disappointing exciting tiring

worrying boring terrifying annoying

If you call something interesting you mean

it interests you.
If you call something frightening you mean
it frightens you.
I read a very interesting article in the newspaper
today.
That Dracula film was absolutely terrifying.
Aspects to bear in mind.

adjectives: -ed and –ing

-ed adjectives:
The commonest –ed adjectives are:

annoyed bored frightened worried

tired closed excited delighted

disappointed

If something annoys you, you can say you

feel annoyed. If something interests you, you
can say you are interested.
The children had nothing to do. They
were bored.
Adjectives ending in ED and
ING

Here are some more adjectives that can

have both an ‘-ed’ and an ‘-ing’ form

amused disappointed

amusing disappointing

annoyed excited

annoying exciting

confused exhausted

confusing exhausting

frightened satisfied

frightening satisfying

shocked shocking
Let´s practice online

http://www.curso-
ingles.com/practicar/ejercicios/adjectives-
ending-in-ed-and-ing
http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/ed
-and-ing-adjectives-describing-feelings-
and-things/
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/345.
html
http://www.english-
zone.com/grammar/prtcplsnj.html
http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoEnglish/gr.ad
.inged.p.htm
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