GrammarandUsageLeading-in:‘Whatareyougoingtodothissummerholiday,’TomaskedAnn
‘IamgoingtotraveltoBeijingwithmyparents
’saidAnn
directspeechWhatdidTomaskAnn
TomaskedAnnwhatshewasgoingtodothatsummerholiday
WhatdidAnnsay
AnnsaidthatshewasgoingtotraveltoBeijingwithherparents
reportedspeech1Whichoneisdirectspeechandwhichoneisreportedspeech
Hesaid,‘Iwillgotoschooltomorrow
’Shetoldussomethingsecret
2Changethedirectspeechintoreportedspeech
Shesaid,‘Thisfilmisquiteinteresting
’‘Finishtheprojecttomorrow
’hesaidtome
(directspeech)(reportedspeech)Shesaidthatthatfilmwasquiteinteresting
Heaskedmetofinishtheprojectthenextday
(Changewhathasbeensaidtoanobjectclauseoraninfinitivephrase
)Whatshouldwepayattentionto
1personalpronounsandtensee
g1MissYangsaid,‘Iwillbuyanewdress
’MissYangsaidthatshewouldbuyanewdre