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Reported Speech

kalam man9oul — katred klam d’chi wa7ed

3lach had dars?

No9ta daroria. Dima kayn f exam. 3 khotowat w safi.

  1. 9A3IDA — 7FED GHI HADI
  • 3 bdalat: 1) tense (zman d’l’fi3l) khtoua l’ora. 2) pronouns. 3) time/place.
  • Tense: present->past | past->past perfect (madi 9bel madi) | present perfect (7ader tamm)->past perfect | will->would | can->could | must->had to | am/is->was | are->were
  • Pronoun (damir: I, he, she): I->he/she | my->his/her | we->they | you->I/me
  • Time: now->then | today->that day | yesterday->the day before | tomorrow->the next day | here->there | this->that | ago->before
  • Statement: he said (that) + jomla. || yes/no q: he asked if/whether + jomla 3adia (bla do/does/did).
  • Wh-q: he asked where she lived. (bla ? W bla do/did)
  • Order: ‘open the door!’ -> he told me to open the door. | negative (nafi: not): told me not to open it.
  1. MITAL — CHOUF KIFACH KAYTKTEB ‘I am tired.’ -> he said he was tired. ‘Do you like tea?’ -> she asked if I liked tea. ‘Where do you live?’ -> he asked where I lived. ‘Don’t be late!’ -> she told me not to be late.

⚠ 3ANDAK! f soal reported ma kaynch do/does/did w ma kaynch ’?’. Word order 3adi: subject + verb.

  1. TAMARINE — 7ELL B 9LEM
1. ‘I am busy.’ he said ____.11. ‘What is your name?’ she asked me ____.
2. ‘She works hard.’ he said ____.12. ‘I must go now.’ he said ____.
3. ‘I saw him yesterday.’ she said ____.13. ‘Are you a student?’ he asked me ____.
4. ‘We will come.’ they said ____.14. ‘I bought a car.’ she said ____.
5. ‘I can swim.’ he said ____.15. ‘Help me!’ he asked me ____.
6. ‘Do you speak English?’ she asked ____.16. ‘Why are you crying?’ she asked me ____.
7. ‘Where is the bank?’ he asked ____.17. ‘I don’t like fish.’ he said ____.
8. ‘Close the window.’ she told me ____.18. ‘We are studying.’ they said ____.
9. ‘Don’t smoke here.’ he told me ____.19. ‘Did you see the film?’ she asked me ____.
10. ‘I have finished.’ he said ____.20. ‘I will call you tomorrow.’ he said ____.

Before you leave this lesson

  1. Explain the main rule in your own words.
  2. Redo the examples without looking at the correction.
  3. Write one new example using the same pattern.
  4. Move to the previous or next lesson and connect the two rules.
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