Part 1:
Watch the following video.
(It is from a very old comedy show (one of the first ever) called "I Love Lucy." The show is about the relationship between Lucy, who is American, and Ricky, who is from Cuba. As you can see in this video, couples on t.v. didn't use to sleep in the same bed. My oh my, how far we've come in this regard!)
http://www.schooltube.com/video/8d94448e0ba3a3f756b9/
Write 5 sentences that you hear in quoted speech. There are many ways to do this. Please vary your style and word choice to make it interesting. In other words, do not write all of the quotes in the same format. Be careful with your punctuation. You may not use the same line as your classmates!
For instance,
"I heard you the first time," Ricky said to Lucy, "but what language is it?"
Part 2:
Reply to your own comment. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO is to rewrite your original sentence in reported (indirect) speech.
For instance,
Ricky told Lucy that he had heard her the first time but that he didn't know what language it was.
1. Lucy told Ricky that the language when she was child had learned. Good English.
ReplyDelete2. He asked her if that was English.
3. "Yes. Funny things," she told him, "when it is spoken correctly, you don't need to recognize it do you"
4 . She commented him that the book had wonderful exercises to correct it.
5. He asked her that what was the matter when he talked.
First do quoted speech. Then post a comment to your own writing and do the reported speech. WHAT I SEE HERE is all mixed up ;)
DeleteLucy quoted: "Her Sister Cynthia is simply scintillating."
ReplyDelete"Oh honey, that's very nice," Ricky complained, "but as usual, you will have no logical explanation for doing what you're doing!"
"Ricky, promise me something," she insisted, "promise me that until our child is at least 19 or 20 years old, you won't talk to him."
Lucy remarked, "Well I haven't told you before but you speak with a slight accent."
Lucy mocked Ricky, "That shows how little you know about the English language."
1. Lucy quoted that her sister Cynthia was simply scintillating.
Delete2. Ricky said that was very nice of Lucy, but he complained that as usual, she would have no logical explanation for doing what she was doing.
3.Lucy insisted on Ricky promising that until their child was at least 19 or 20 years old, he wouldn't talk to him.
4. Lucy remarked that she hadn't told him before but he spoke with a slight accent.
5. Lucy mocked Ricky how little he knew about the English language.
Your quoted speech is perfect.
DeleteYour reported speech is perfect.
A+
Lucy commented, “This is indeed the stressing news.”
ReplyDelete“As usual, there is no logical explanation for doing it the way you’re doing it,” confessed Lucy.
“I don’t see why you have to have such a crazy language, anyway,” replied Ricky.
Ricky wondered, “What is the matter with the way I talk?”
Ricky remarked, “I tell you what we are going to do, we are going to teach our child to speak Spanish.”
Lucy commented that that was indeed the stressing news.
DeleteLucy confessed that as usual, there was no logical explanation for doing it the way he was doing it”
Ricky replied that he didn't see why she had to have such a crazy language, anyway
Ricky wondered what the matter with the way he talks was.
Ricky remarked that he told her what they were going to do, they were going to teach their child to speak Spanish.
distressing news
DeleteA+, but if I were you I would have broken up the last quote to make it more "musical:"
“I tell you what we are going to do," Ricky remarked, "we are going to teach our child to speak Spanish.”
Luck asked : “What language is it?”
ReplyDeleteLucy replied : “It’s the language I want our child to learn .”
Lucy commented : “I had no idea how sloppy my speech was until I started reading this book.”
Luck said : “As usual , you will have no logical explanation for doing it .”
Luce confessed : “Promise me that until our child is at least 19 or 21 years old you won’t talk to him .”
Correct!
Delete
ReplyDeleteLuck asked what language it was.
Lucy replied that it was the language she wanted their child to learn.
Lucy commented that she had had no idea how sloppy her speech had been until she had started reading that book.
Luck said that as usual she would have no logical explanation for doing it.
Lucy confessed promising her that until their child was at least 19 or 21 years he wouldn’t have talked to him.
Lucy made Ricky promise her that until their child...
DeleteNice reported speech, Oussama.