What did these famous people say? This is the exercise that will not only practice your grammar but also entertain
What did these famous people say? This is the exercise that will not only practice your grammar but also entertain you a little. Let your student imagine that he recently read a magazine about celebrities and learned about some of their silly quotes. His task is to rephrase the following sentences into reported speech:
1) Britney Spears said that she had never wanted to go to Japan because she did not like eating fish. And she knew that it was very popular out there in Africa.
2) Brooke Shields stated that smoking kills and if you are killed, you have lost a very important part of your life.
1) Britney Spears said that she had never wanted to go to Japan because she did not like eating fish. And she knew that it was very popular out there in Africa.
2) Brooke Shields stated that smoking kills and if you are killed, you have lost a very important part of your life.
Pechenye 33
Here are the rephrased sentences in reported speech:1) Britney Spears said that she had never wanted to go to Japan because she did not like eating fish. She also mentioned that she knew it was very popular out there in Africa.
2) According to Brooke Shields, smoking kills, and she emphasized that if someone is killed, they have lost a very important part of themselves.