Lingoda Group Class Notes 20
Topic: Advanced uses of reported speechRelated skill: Grammar
Date: 19 June 2024 Teacher: Desiree(South Africa)
What I've learned
Idioms
he-said-she-said - Meaning: a disagreement where there is no concrete evidence to prove or disprove something - Example: There's no way to solve this case. All the evidence is he-said-she-said.
Vocabularies & Phrases
| V&P | Definiation | Note |
|---|---|---|
| chore | n. 家庭杂务，杂活 | I have to do my chores to get my weekly allowance. |
| slip your mind | 被遗忘：忘记了某事或某物 | His birthday slipped my mind, unfortunately. |
| courtyard | n. 院子 | There's a lovely little courtyard garden there. |
Grammar
Reported speech
Reported speech (or indirect speech) is the way we convey what someone else has said, in our own words. To form reported speech in English, it's important to remember the following:
- When building reported speech, we changepronouns from first person to third person.
- We also change the verb tense, e.g. present simpleto past simple.
- Direct speech: ‘We went to an art exhibition,’ they said.
- Reported speech: They said they had been to an art exhibition.
More reporting verbs
promise; suggest; advise; claim; refuse; remind
| Direct speech | Reported speech |
|---|---|
| ‘No, I don’t want to go with you’, he said. | He refused to go with us. |
| ‘Shall we go to Café Bella?’ they asked. | They suggested we go to Café Bella. |
Reporting yes/no questions
To report yes/no questions, use a reporting verb + whether/if + clause. You may use whether or if to report on questions that have yes/no answers. Whether is more formal than if. - Direct speech: ‘Can I upgrade to business class?’ she asked. - Reported speech: Someone asked if they could upgrade to business class.
Reporting questions with question words
This type of question is reported by using a reporting verb + question word + clause.
| Direct speech | Reported speech |
|---|---|
| ‘What is your name?’ she asked. | She asked me what my name was. |
| ‘Where do you live?’ he asked. | He asked me where I lived. |
Review
4/5
Same teacher possibility: 40%
Desiree is a friendly teacher. She is really good at teaching grammar and controlling the pace of our class. Every time we finished our speaking, she always provided us with genuine encouragment. However, Desiree didn't provided detailed feedback, which is different from the kind of teacher I prefer.