Unit 2: Our Findings Show Mr.

ADNANE Task 1: Match direct speech sentences with indirect speech

Theme: Communication – The Press sentences, then state whether it is a statement, WH question or
Sequence 2: Reading and Writing Yes/No question
Rubric: Discover the Language I Direct Speech Indirect Speech
Warm Up 1-The journalist said, “the A-The interviewer asked if
1. Look at the pictures, then read the passage number of poor people is we were nervous then.
high.”  ……………………
1 2
2-The patient questioned, B-The patient questioned if
“Can I come back after 3 she could come back 3 days
days?”. after.
 ……………………
3-The reported asked, C-The journalist said that
“How old are you?”. the number of poor people
1. Mr. Mihoubi said, “Many public libraries are is high.
available in Algeria”.  ……………………
 Journalist: Mr Mihoubi said that many public
libraries were available in Algeria.
4-The interviewer asked, D-The reporter asked how
2. Mr. Mihoubi asked, “What are the Algerians’
“are you nervous now?” old I was.
expectations?”
 ……………………
 Journalist: Mr. Mihoubi asked what the
Algerians’ expectations were. Task 2: Rewrite sentence B so that it means the same as
3. Mr. Mihoubi questioned, ‘Can citizens show sentence A
gratitude to our efforts today?’ 1. My best friend asked, “do read your favorite book
 Journalist: Mr. Mihoubi questioned if citizens
could show gratitude to their efforts that day. every day?”
2. Answer the following questions:  My best friend asked
3. What do pictures -1- and -2- represent? ……………………………….
4. What do they work? What is the journalist doing?
……………………………………………………...
5. What can we say about Mr. Mihoubi’s sentences?
6. What can we say about the journalist’s sentences? 2. The minister stated, “the book fair is a real success
7. Are they the same? What are the difference? for this week.”
Direct / Indirect Speech  The minister stated
Rule
…………………………………
When we turn a sentence from direct speech into indirect
speech, we omit comma and quotation marks and we ……………………………………………………...
change the following 3. The journalist questioned, “what can you tell us
1-To report Wh questions, we use the reporting verbs
‘asked’ or questioned’ + Wh word + Subject + Verb (past about the event of yesterday?”
simple)  The journalist questioned
2-To report Yes/No questions, we use reporting verbs
…………………………..
‘asked’ or ‘questioned’ + if + subject + verb (past simple)
3-To report statements, we use ‘said’ or ‘stated’ + subject + ……………………………………………………...
verb (past simple)
-We also change pronouns/modals /time, place markers

Pronouns Change

Direct Indirect
Speech Speech
I He / She
We We / They
My My / His / Her
Our Our / Their
Me Me / Him / Her Direct Indirect
Us Us / Them Speech Speech
Today That Day
Time / Place Markers Change Direct Speech Indirect Speech
Now Then
Change of Modals Yesterday
Will The Day
Would
Before
Tomorrow
Can The Next
CouldDay
Practice This
May Might
That
LastShall
Week The Previous
ShouldWeek
Here
Must There
Had to