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EXERCISE 29, p. 424. Quoted vs. reported speech. (Charts 14 - 9 and 14 -10)The focus is on tenses used to report a statement that was made in the past. Anticipate theexercise to proceed slowly and require a lot of discussion.ANSWERS: 2. Sally said (that) she didn’t like chocolate. 3. Mary said (that) she wasplanning . . . her family. 4. Tom said (that) he had already eaten lunch. 5. Katesaid (that) she had called her doctor. 6. Mr. Rice said (that) he was going to go toChicago. 7. Eric said (that) he would come to my house at ten. 8. Jane said (that)she couldn’t afford to buy a new car. 9. Ann said (that) she can’t afford to buy a newcar. 10. Ms. Topp said (that) she wanted to see me in her office after my meeting withmy supervisor.CHART 14-11: COMMON REPORTING VERBS:TELL, ASK, ANSWER /REPLY• The main point the students need to understand from this chart is simply that tellis alwaysfollowed by a (pro)noun object when used to report speech.• Another pattern with saythat is not mentioned in the chart is the use of toa (pro)nounobject:Ann said to methat she was hungry. Native speakers generally prefer told meto said to me,but both are correct.• As a side note, the pattern said . . . to meis used idiomatically to report greetings and good-byes:Tom said good morning to me. I said hello to him. We said good-bye to each other.

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: Tom told me good morning. I told him hello. We told each other good-bye.

EXERCISE 30, p. 425. SAY vs. TELL vs. ASK. (Chart 14 -11)ANSWERS: 4. said 5. told 6. asked 7. told . . . said . . . asked . . . told . . .said 8. said . . . asked . . . told . . . asked . . . said

EXERCISE 31, p. 426. SAY vs. TELL vs. ASK. (Chart 14 -11)This is intended as a fun exercise. Student A is to whisper a sentence in the ear of Student B,who then reports aloud what Student A said. Students don’t need to use only the sentencesin the text.Explain the meaning of “at random” in the directions, i.e., without a pattern or a plan.

EXERCISE 32, p. 426. Noun clauses and questions. (Charts 5 - 2, 14 - 2 14 - 4,and 14 -11)Encourage interesting questions by coming up with some yourself as examples of what youwant the students to do.

EXERCISE 33, p. 427. Reported vs. quoted speech. (Charts 14 - 9 14 -11)ANSWERS: