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1. Lifestyle
Mrs. Anabel Montes - English teacher
I am very
happy today.

2.  Change the tense
e.g ‘I am very happy today,’ said
Susanna.
 Susanna said (that) she was
very happy that day.
simple present
present continuous
 simple past
 past continuous

3. 3
 The teacher said (that) some
students were talking.
e.g “Some students are talking,”
said the teacher.

4.  Change the pronouns
I/you we/you
me/you us/you
my/your our/your
mine/yours ours/yours
 he/she  they
 him/her  them
 his/her  their
 his/hers  theirs

5. e.g ‘I am very happy today,’ said Susanna.
 Susanna said (that) she was very happy
that day.

6.  Change the time words
today  that day
yesterday  the day before
tomorrow  the following day
e.g. ‘I am very happy today,’ said
Susanna.
 Susanna said (that) she was very
happy that day.

7. How many
people are there
in your family?
Tony asked Ray how many people
there were in his family.

8. When we report a question, we
have to:
 change the tense
 change the pronouns
 change the time words
 take away the quotation marks

9. We also have to:
 change the question mark
to a full stop
e.g. ‘How many people are there
in your family?’ Tony asked Ray.
 Tony asked Ray how many
people there were in his family.

10.  Change the order of
words
e.g. ‘How many people are there
in your family?’ Tony asked Ray.
 Tony asked Ray how many
people there were in his
family.