The Fifth Period
Indirect Speech
Teaching Aims:
1.Enable the students further to know and understand how to change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech.
2.Help the students remember all kinds of changes when we change a Direct Speech into an Indirect Speech so that they can use them freely.
Teaching Important Point:
The changes of pronouns,verbs,adverbials of time and places.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to change some special sentences from Direct Speech into Indirect Speech.
Teaching Methods:
1.Review method to make the students gain new insights through restudying old materials.
2.Pair work or group work to enable every student to work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1.the multimedia
2.the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
兂Step ⒐ Greetings and Revision
Greet the whole class as usual.
T:In this class,weˇll review the Indirect Speech.Then weˇll do some exercises.At last weˇll have a test.First look at the screen,and finish the exercises.If youˇre not sure about your answers,you can have a discussion in pairs.
(Show the following on the multimedia.)
Put these sentences into Indirect Speech.
1.¨I have left my pen in your room,〃he said.
2.¨Did you see her last night?〃he said.
3.She said,¨Where can they find a taxi?〃
4.The teacher said,¨Give me some chalk.〃
5.¨Donˇt waste your time,〃I said to him.
(A moment later,check the answers.Teacher may ask some students to say their answers one by one.)
Suggested answers:
1.He told me that he had left his pen in my room.
2.He asked(me) whether I had seen her the night before.
3.She asked where they could find a taxi.
4.The teacher asked me to give him some chalk.
5.I advised him not to waste his time.
兂Step ⒑ Revision and Discussion
T:Well done!As we all know,when we change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech,there are some changes in the sentence.Now,please look at the screen.Discuss in pairs and fill in the form.
Direct Speech Indirect Speech
Pronouns this
these
Adverbial
now
tonight
today
this morning
yesterday
last night
the day before yesterday
three days ago
tomorrow
next week
yesterday morning
yesterday afternoon
the day after tomorrow
here
Verbs come
bring
can
may
must
shall
will
Tenses(with the verb ¨keep〃
as an example)
keep
be (am/is/are)keeping
have kept
had kept
will keep
]The teacher goes around the class and corrects the mistakes the students make.At last,show the answers on the screen for students to check their answers.^
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
Pronouns this
these that
those
Adverbials
now
tonight
today
this morning
yesterday
last night
the day before yesterday
three days ago
tomorrow
next week
yesterday morning
yesterday afternoon
the day after tomorrow
here then
that night
that day
that morning
the day before
the night before
two days before
three days before
the next/following day
the next/following week
the morning before
the afternoon before
in two daysˇs time
two days after
there
Verbs come
bring
can
may
must
shall
will go
take
could
might
must/had to
should
would
Tenses
keep
be(am/is/are)keeping
have kept
had kept
will keep kept
was(were) keeping
had kept
had kept
would keep
T:Now,look at the screen,please.Put the sentences into Indirect Speech.
1.I said,¨I shall be there.〃
2.He said,¨I shall be there.〃
3.¨The earth goes round the sun,〃the teacher said.
4.¨Letˇs go to the park on Sunday,〃he said.
5.Mother said,¨Letˇs not go to bed until Smith comes back.〃
T:(A few minutes later) Now,who can give the answer to the first sentence?K
S1:I said that I should be there.
S2:He said that he would be there.
S3:The teacher said that the earth goes round the sun.
T:In the first sentence,thereˇs no change of pronoun,so¨shall〃 should be changed into ¨should〃.In the second sentence,the pronoun has changed,so ¨shall〃should be changed to ¨would〃.The third sentence expresses a truth that the earth always goes round the sun,so the verb in Indirect Speech remains to be ¨goes〃.Is that clear?
Ss:Yes.
T:Now,look at the fourth sentence,please.Here,¨Letˇs doK〃or ¨Let sb.doK〃can be expressed with the phrased:(sb.)suggested thatK;Ksuggest doingK;Ksay thatK;insist thatK;insist thatK;insist on doingK,etc.Do you understand?
Ss:Yes.
T:OK.Who will try this one?
S4:He suggested that they (should) go to the park on Sunday.
S5:He suggested going to the park on Sunday.
T:Good.Both of your answers are correct.Now,who wants to do the last one?
S6:Mother suggested that they should not go to bed until Smith came back.
T:Good.Who has a different answer?
S7:Mother suggested their not going to bed until Smith came back.
T:Is his/her answer right?
Ss:Yes.
T:Very good.Please look at the sentences on the screen.(Show the following on the screen.)
1.¨I am off to the pictures.Where are you going?〃
2.¨Will you come out tonight?〃¨No.〃
T:When we change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech,if there are two sentences,we should add a word,a group of words or a sentence to make the Indirect Speech smooth.Do you understand?
Ss:Yes.
T:OK.Who wants to try the first sentence?
S8:He said he was off to the pictures and wanted to know where I was going.
T:Good.Now,who wants to try the second sentence?
S9:He asked me if I would go out that night,but I said (told him) I wouldnˇt.
T:Great.
兂Step ⒒ Consolidation
T:Please change the sentences on the screen into Indirect Speech.After you finish,you may check your answers in pairs.
(Show the following on the screen.)
Change the following sentences into Indirect Speech:
1.¨I wish you health and success in the new year,〃she said.
2.The teacher said to Tom,¨Be careful,think before you answer.〃
3.He asked,¨Are you sure your mother will come?〃
4.¨What shall I do with your mail when youˇre away?〃
5.¨Is the book open or closed?〃
6.¨He didnˇt like music,did he?〃Jack asked.
7.¨I wonˇt be free tonight.Iˇll be giving the students a lecture,〃he said.
(A moment later,ask some students to write their answers on the blackboard.Then check the answers with the whole class.)
Suggested answers:
Cf:The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard.
兂Step ⒓ Test
T:Now,letˇs have a test.Look at the screen.
Change the following from Direct Speech into Indirect Speech,Indirect speech into Direct Speech:
1.¨You neednˇt have come over,〃she said to John.
2.The teacher said, ¨Iˇll try to give you some easier examples tomorrow morning.〃
3.He said that this was his fault and promised to be more careful next time.
4.¨Where have you been all the time and what have you been doing?〃Jack asked me.
5.¨Are you sure they will agree to come this evening?〃she asked me.
6.They asked the teacher whether he could go to their bedroom that night to help them with their English grammar.
7.¨Go at once,〃the officer said to his man.
8.He asked me to go there again the next day.
(A few minutes later,check the answers with the whole class.)
Suggested answers:
1.She said to John that he neednˇt have gone there.
2.The teacher said that he would try to give us some easier examples the next morning.
3.¨This is my fault and I will be more careful next time,〃he said.
4.Jack asked me where I had been all the time,and what I had been doing.
5.She asked me whether I was sure they would agree to come that evening.
6.¨Could/Can you go to our bedroom tonight to help us with our English grammar?〃they asked the teacher.
7.The officer ordered his men to go at once.
8.¨Come here again tomorrow,〃said he.
兂Step ⒔ Summary and Homework
T:Today weˇve reviewed the Indirect Speech.When we change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech,we should pay attention to the changes of pronouns,adverbials,verbs and tenses,especially to the changes of personal pronouns.After class,review the Indirect Speech,discuss the exercises weˇve done in class and use Indirect Speech as much as possible to master it better.Thatˇs all for today.See you tomorrow!
Ss:See you tomorrow!
兂Step ⒕ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 19 The Merchant of Venice
The Fifth Period
Indirect Speech
1.She said she wished us health and success in the new year.
2.The teacher told Tom to be careful and think before he answered.
3.He asked whether I was sure my mother would come.
4.He asked me what he should do with my mail when I was away.
5.He asked me if/whether the book was open or closed.
6.Jack asked whether he liked music.
7.He said he was not free that night,because he was going to give the students a lecture.
兂Step ⒖ Record after Teaching