Review the useful words and expressions by letting students make up sentences using these words and expressions.

　　Step 2 Grammar

　　T：In the last unit，we have learnt something about the direct speech and indirect speech. We know while we change direct speech into indirect speech，we should change many things such as the tense，some adverbials and some verbs.

　　Now let's first do some exercises.

　　Turn the following into Indirect Speech

　　1."I broke your CD player，" he said to me.

　　2."Are you sure you didn't do anything to this？" he asked me.

　　3."A friend in need is a friend indeed，" Mother said to me.

　　4.Tom said，"I bought a book for my brother yesterday."

　　5.He said，"I shall meet her at my office."

　　6.The teacher said，"I must go now."

　　7.He said，"I can do homework myself now."

　　8.He said，"The house was built in 1965."

　　9."Why was Jenny late for school？" Mr Baker wanted to know.

　　10.They said，"will you visit the museum tomorrow？"Turn the following into Direct Speech.

　　11.I said that I would try my best.

　　12.He wondered （asked） how long it took to do the work.

　　13.Bob asked John whether he had seen his wallet.

　　14.His aunt said that she had got there five days before.

　　15.I asked Tom why he had not told her the truth.

　　Suggested answers：

　　1.He told me that he had broken my CD player.

　　2.He asked me if I was sure I hadn't done anything to that.

　　3.Mother told me that a friend in need is a friend indeed.

　　4.Tom said that he had bought a book for his brother the day before.

　　5.He said that he would meet her at his office.

　　6.The teacher said he had to go/must go then.

　　7.He said that he could do homework himself then.

　　8.He said that the house was built in 1965.

　　9.Mr Baker wanted to know why Jenny had been late for school.

　　10.They asked if we would visit the museum the next day.

　　11.I said，"I'll try my best."

　　12.He asked，"How long does it take to do the work？"

　　13.Bob asked John，"Have you seen my wallet？"

　　14.His aunt said，"I got here five days ago."

　　15."Why didn't you tell her the truth？" I asked Tom.

T：You did a very good job. Today，we'll go on to study indirect and direct speech. But firstly，we should learn to tell requests from commands. In English，giving commands is less polite than making a request. So most of time，commands are made by those people who are bosses，teachers，leaders，officers，or some other one