For example: Jason said to Kate, 'Are you going there on foot?'Jason asked Kate what she had done the night before.

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Below we continue to share the key sentence patterns or syntax of lessons 139-140 of this week's "New Concept English 1". Let’s read the text of Lesson 139:

. Original text of the text

. Key sentence patterns or grammar

This lesson focuses on learning the usage of object clauses (indirect quotes).

unlike the object clause (indirect quote) I learned before is that this lesson focuses on the use of question sentences as object clauses (indirect quotes).

Regarding what I have learned before, you can click the link below to view:

One lesson one question one grammar: New Concept English Volume 1, Lesson 99-100,

One lesson one question one grammar: New Concept English Volume 1, Lesson 101-102,

One lesson one question one grammar: New Concept English Volume 1, Lesson 101-102,

1 One question, one grammar: New Concept English Volume 1 Lesson 133-134

Lesson 1 Question, one grammar: New Concept English Volume 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 135-136

(I) General Questions

When the direct quotation is a general question, after being converted into an indirect quotation, the content of the quotation part must be connected by whether or if. For example:

Jason said to Kate, 'Are you going there on foot?'

Jason asked Kate whether/if she was going there on foot.

Jason said to Kate, 'Did you see the film last night?'

Jason asked Kate whether/if she had seen the film the night before.

And for example:

Jason said to Kate, 'Have you ever been to Paris?'

Jason asked Kate whether/if she had ever been to Paris.

[Note]

. The said to in the main sentence should be changed to asked;

. Or not can be added at the end of the sentence guided by whether/if. The sentences guided by

. Whether/if must be declarative and cannot be reversed.

(II) Special question

When the direct quote is a special question , after it is converted into an indirect quote, the content of the quotation part is connected by the special question words in the direct quote. For example:

Jason said to Kate, 'How are you going there?'

Jason asked Kate how she was going there.

And for example:

Jason said to Kate, 'What did you do last night?'

Jason asked Kate what she had done the night before.

And for example:

Jason said to Kate, 'How many times have you been to Paris?'

Jason asked Kate how many times she had been to Paris.

[Note]

. The said to in the main sentence should be changed to asked;

. The sentences guided by special question words must be in declarative sentence order and cannot be reversed.

(III) Pay attention to

. When converting direct quotations into indirect quotations, pay attention to the three principles of personal change, tense change and sentence pattern change should be used simultaneously;

. More content about indirect quotations, in the second volume, each unit will review and add more content, such as the usage when direct quotations are imperative sentences.

. One lesson, one question

According to the important grammar points of this lesson, let's practice it. Please change the following sentences to indirect quotes.

. Mike said to his sister, 'Will you visit my school next week?'

. Mike said to his friends, 'Do you often visit your parents?'

. Mike said to me, 'When did you sell your house?'

. Mike said to his mother, 'Where are you going now?'

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. Mike said to my son, 'Why do you like your mom more?'