General English Level 4 Version 2.1 © 2004 acl Pty Ltd GELEV4 Unit 01 Topic 02.doc Examples Listen to the examples. 1. After stopping at the red light, the taxi driver turned on the radio. 2. Before catching the robber, the police chased him across the road. 3. Before treating the injured man, the doctor asked him what happened. 4. After having lunch the women went shopping. 5. After chasing his dog, the boy caught it.  LANGUAGE FOCUS 06 Quoting speech There is a special way to show when someone is speaking. The newspaper article says: The driver of the armoured car, Barry White, 56, said, "I usually have a partner working with me, but he was sick today. The thief came behind me and knocked me right out. I didn't know what happened!" Police officer John O'Rourke said that the arrest was the easiest he had ever made. "I've never seen such a slow thief!" he said. When we report the actual words someone said we call this direct speech. We put the words in quotation marks, "__ " or '___ '. The quoted speech can be at the beginning or the end of the sentence. Look He She They said, "John was sick today." "What a slow thief!" "That was an easy arrest!" "John was sick today," "What a slow thief!" "That was an easy arrest!" he she they said. Examples Listen to the examples. 1. Ronald said, "The police arrested me!" 2. "We caught the thief!" the police said. 3. The driver said, "He hit me on the head!" 4. "The bags were too heavy for me," said Ronald. 5. The doctor said, "That's a nasty cut!" 6. "He looked so funny, we laughed!" the woman said. 19