Reporting Practice-3: Past #1 (Chapter
28/p.41)
例にならって“ ”の中の動詞を過去形にし、下線部を変化させて人に伝える文に書き直しましょう。
“ ”の中の文の時制を現在から過去にするときには this は that に、here は there にします。
Ron said, “George
likes me the best”.
=>
Ron said George liked him the best.
(1) Julie thought,
“I am too busy to do all my homework.”
=> Julie thought she was too ~ all her homework.
(2) She said, “I
don’t have enough time to watch my favorite movies.”
=> She said she didn’t have ~ to watch her …
(3) a) Fred said,
“I want to buy this yellow
T-shirt.”
=> Fred said he wanted to buy that yellow T-shirt.
b) I said, “The color looks terrible on you.”
=> I said the color looked terrible on him.
c) I also said, “The prices are too
expensive here.”
=> I also said the prices were too expensive there.