Question

the next day. 3 Circle the mistakes. Write the correct sentences. 1 Dave "I can't see the TV, Alice." Dave said Alice he can't see the TV. Dave told Alice he couldn't see the TV. 2 Jenny and Samantha "We're going to a party tomorrow, Sarah." Jenny and Samantha said Sarah they are going to a party the next day. 3 Jill "I'm going to visit my cousins this weekend." Jill said she went to visit her cousins this weekend. 4 Jake "My grandparents are going to visit us soon." Jake told his grandparents were going to visit they soon.​

Answer 1

1)Dave said, "I can't see the TV, Alice." (Correct)

Jenny and Samantha told Sarah, "We're going to a party tomorrow." (Correct)

Jill said, "I'm going to visit my cousins this weekend." (Correct)

Jake told his grandparents, "They are going to visit us soon." (Correct)

2)The mistakes in the original sentences were:

"Alice he can't see the TV" - incorrect word order, should be "Dave told Alice he couldn't see the TV" because the reporting verb is in the past tense.

"they are going to a party the next day" - incorrect use of tense, should be "We're going to a party tomorrow" because the reported speech is in the present tense.

"she went to visit her cousins this weekend" - incorrect use of tense, should be "Jill said she was going to visit her cousins this weekend" because the reported speech is in the future tense.

"his grandparents were going to visit they soon" - incorrect word order and missing pronoun, should be "Jake told his grandparents they were going to visit us soon."

Answer 2

Certainly! Let's correct the reported speech sentences:

1. Dave said, "I can't see the TV, Alice." - Dave told Alice he couldn't see the TV.

2. Jenny and Samantha said, "We're going to a party tomorrow, Sarah." - Jenny and Samantha told Sarah they were going to a party the next day.

3. Jill said, "I'm going to visit my cousins this weekend." - Jill said she was going to visit her cousins this weekend.

4. Jake said, "My grandparents are going to visit us soon." - Jake told his grandparents they were going to visit soon.

In reported speech, when reporting statements, we often change the pronouns, tenses, and time expressions to make the reported sentence grammatically correct. The key changes include transforming present tense into past tense and adjusting pronouns accordingly.