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Advanced ESL

Exact quote: Lisa said, “English is easy.”

Reported speech: Lisa said that English was easy.

What happened to the verb in the noun clause?

Exact quote: Lisa said, “Speaking

German was hard for me in

Eastern Europe.”

Reported speech: Lisa said that

speaking German had been hard

for her in Eastern Europe.

What happened to the verb in the

noun clause?

What happened to the pronoun?

What happened to the comma?

Suddenly Angel’s wife said, “I’m

going to die, I can’t feel my toes!”

“I am going to buy a heater or

else we are going to die here,

dude,” Jerry said.

“We are gonna sleep good

tonight,” the wife said.

“Rosa, today you will sleep like a

baby!” Mr. Zapata exclaimed.

“We need to buy a heater, I feel

like a popsicle!”

“Hey honey, Tiffany said, “don’t

you think it’s very cold tonight?”

The wife told her husband, “My

love, could you please go to the

store and buy a heater?”