General English Level 4 Version 2.1 © 2004 acl Pty Ltd GELEV4 Unit 01 Topic 05.doc 4. Other Changes The pronouns change in reported speech depending on who is reporting. "I'll help you with your homework" Anne said to Susan. I said I would help her with her homework. (Anne to Stacey). Anne said she would help me with my homework. (Susan to Stacey) The determiners this, that, these, those may change to the. "This computer isn't working," he said. He said that the computer wasn't working. Examples 1. "I'll meet you here next Friday," Mary said. Mary said she would meet me there the following Friday. 2. "These questions are really hard to understand," Joe said. Joe said the questions were really hard to understand. 3. "We're playing basketball tomorrow at 6pm," said Jane. Jane said they were playing basketball the next day at 6pm. GRAMMAR PAIRWORK In this activity you will decide if sentences are correct or not. 1. Your teacher will give you and your partner a page of sentences each. One of you will have copy A and the other, copy B. 2. The sentences are similar on copy A and copy B. However, only ONE version (copy A or copy B) is correct. 3. Work with your partner. Look at each sentence and decide together if it is correct in copy A or copy B. Put a tick ( ) in the correct box. 4. Your teacher will check your answers. 39