Comic﹕Cloned sheep

[2015.02.11] 發表

【明報專訊】As the Year of the Sheep/Goat is approaching, Dr Panda has given MoMo and Pat a quiz about sheep.

■English highway-sentences

Reported speech

When we report another's words, we use direct speech with quotation marks or reported speech. In reported speech, the tenses, word order and pronouns may be different from those in the original sentence.

e.g. Dr Panda asked MoMo, "What is the first cloned mammal in the world?"

>> Dr Panda asked MoMo what the first cloned mammal in the world was.

In reported speech:

present simple → past simple present perfect → past perfect

past simple → past perfect past continuous → past perfect continuous

■Quiz

Change the direct speech statement to reported speech.

1. "My brother is five years old."

She told me that _________________________

______________________________________.

2. "I went to the library and borrowed some books."

He said that he __________________________

_______________________________________.

3. "My cousin has worked here for ten years."

He told me that __________________________

______________________________________.

■Glossary

clone (v) 複製

mammal (n) 哺乳動物

technology (n) 科技

identical (adj) 完全相同的

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