Thursday, January 29, 2009

Learning Log : Reporting Statements - Things to note

Change Pronouns

I → He / She
You → I, me
We → They
My → His / Her
Us → Them
Our → Their
Me → Him / Her



Change Time-Words/Place-words

Tomorrow → The next day/The following day
Yesterday → The previous day
Today → That day
Here → There
Then → At there time
Now → Then
This Monday → That Monday
** Come → Go

Tenses:
When the reporting verb is in the past (e.g. Tom SAID.....),

Present tense in the dialogue → Past Tense
E.g. Tom said, "I finish my food."
Tom said he finished his food.

Past tense in the dialogue → Past Perfect Tense
E.g. Tom said, "I finished my food."
Tom said he had finished his food.

Please remenber this rule:

Yesterday (change to) the previous day (Correct)
Yesterday (change to) the day before (Wrong)



Done by Rainer Chang

Posted by 6H' blog at 12:12 AM