We are going to do some brief revision of Reported Speech, which I'm sure you've studied before. Just to brush it up, have a look at this video:
Read these comments about The Black Cat, taken from GoodReads.com
1) Report them, using a variety of reporting verbs.
a. Sonia: 'In this story, the readers can imagine themselves in the character's place and can almost feel the pain and fear inside.'
b. Ellen: 'Very disappointing to see this kind of torture in something that is considered classic horror literature.'
c. Sarah: 'The narrator's attitude after killing his wife reminds me of he attitude of the narrator in Tell Tale Heart after killing the old man .'
d. Jeff: 'I was not impressed with this book, I wasn't able to follow the plot and it was very uninteresting.'
e. Matt: 'Pretty sure there's not an ounce of real terror anywhere in this story. Funny stuff!!'
f. Elise: 'I was highly disturbed by it, but I guess that's the point.'
g. Jessica: 'I love my two pet cats and what happened in this story made me feel ill.'
2) Do you agree/disagree with any of the comments? Why (not)?
Miss, I am having problems with n° D and F, it said WAS, so when I change the sentence, I don't know what to put. something with present perfect? have been? if not, I really don't know, can you help me?
ReplyDeleteWell, 'was' is Simple Past, so I think the best option is to turn it into Past Perfect, what do you think?
Deleteyes, you're right, I think i can put HAD BEEN
ReplyDeleteexactly!
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