CHAPTER 14. NOUN CLAUSES (26) FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

 

FUNDAMENTAL OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR CHAPTER 14. NOUN CLAUSES

 

EXERCISE 35. Reported speech. Directions: Complete the written report based on what the people in the picture say. Use the formal sequence of tenses. One day Susan and Paul were at a restaurant. Susan picked up her menu and looked at it. Paul left his menu on the table. Susan asked Paul _____ what he was going to have _____ . He said _______________________ anything because he _______________________. He _______________________ already _______________________ Susan was surprised. She asked him why _______________________. He told her _______________________.   EXERCISE 36. Reported speech. Directions: Work in pairs. Each pair should create a short dialogue (five to ten sentences) based on one of the given situations. Each pair will then present their dialogue to the class. After the dialogue, the class will report what was said. Sample situation: Have a conversation about going to the zoo. Sample dialogue: ANN: Would you like to go to the zoo tomorrow? BOB: I can't. I have to study. ANN: That's too bad. Are you sure you can't go? It will take only a few hours. BOB: Well, maybe I can study in the morning and then go to the zoo in the afternoon. ANN: Great!   Sample report: Ann asked Bob if he wanted to go to the zoo tomorrow. Bob said that he couldn't go because he had to study. Ann finally persuaded him to go. She said that it would take only a few hours. Bob decided that he could study in the morning and go to the zoo in the afternoon. (Notice in the sample report: The writer gives the idea of the speakers' words without necessarily using the speakers' exact words.)   1 Have a conversation in which one of you invites the other to a party. 2 One of you is a teenager, and the other is a parent. The teenager is having problems at school and is seeking advice and encouragement. 3 The two of you are a married couple. One of you is reminding the other about the things she should or has to do today. 4 Have a conversation in which one of you persuades the other to begin a health program by taking up a new kind of exercise (jogging, walking, tennis, etc.). Beginning of the dialogue: A: I need to get some physical exercise. B: Why don't you take up . . . ? A. No, I don't want to do that. 5 One of you is fourteen years old, and the other is the parent. The fourteen-year-old wants to stay out late tonight. What will the parent say? 6 One of you is a store detective, and the other is a shoplifter. The store detective has just seen the shoplifter take something. 7 One of you is a stubborn, old-fashioned, uneducated person who thinks the world is flat. The other tries to convince the stubborn one that the world is round.

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EXERCISE 35 EXERCISE 36 (YOUR OWN RESPONSES)