Comic﹕Cloned sheep
【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
