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Reporting speech (B12)
In paragraphs A to I speech is normally represented directly, using the exact
words of the speakers. A number of different reporting verbs are used in the
first part (paragraphs A to I):
reply B(4),
asked C(3),
replied D(1),
intoned
E(2),
stammered F(1),
inquired F(2), and
said (G1). However, one piece of
direct speech in this part is introduced not by a verb but by another word
class. What is it? And there is one piece of reported speech. What is it, and
what might the exact words have been?
Clause elements (A8)
Analyse sentence J(1):
Proving who you are is a curious notion. Analyse the
subordinate clause and nonfinite clause as well as the main clause.
Adverbs and conjunctions. (A9 and B4)
Look at the use of
so in B(4), F(3), H(2), I(1) and
yet in A(2) and K(2). What
word classes and subclasses do they belong to?
Verb forms (A5, A6, C5)
Look at sentence L(2):
All of this information gathered without him saying a
thing or having a password. What verb form is
gathered here? Past tense or
-ed participle?
Some more questions.
a) What is the clause element represented by
on my telephone keypad in B(1)?
b) Look at paragraph B and find some verbs which are normally transitive
being used intransitively. Why is this so? (A8)
c) Look at B(1). Identify the premodifiers and decide whether they are
adjectives or nouns. (A3)
d) What is missing from F(2)?
e) What kind of word is
which in L(1)?
f) Can you find two cleft sentences in the second part (paragraphs J to R)?
(A11)
g) Find a contact relative clause in paragraph O. (B10)
h) Describe sentence I(3):
How absurd. (A9, B9)
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