David asked his mum if she had seen his notebook.（Bb：Write them on the blackboard.）

　　T：Yes. Let's come to our text. Read the sentences in exercise 1 of discovering structures. Later I'll ask you to tell me what you've discovered. Now，who can tell me？

　　S1：We should pay attention to the changes of tenses. Look at the underlined words.

　　S2：We should pay more attention to the second sentence. In direct speech，it's a general question. But in indirect speech，we should use if or whether to introduce object clause besides the change of verb.

　　S3：If it is a special question in direct speech，we should use the original interrogative in indirect speech.

　　T：Wonderful! Now I'll give you brief explanation of "Direct Speech and Indirect Speech"（1）：Statements & Questions

　　☆You use Direct Speech when you want to show the exact words someone said or wrote. Use quotation marks to show that you report the exact words a person used and a reporting clause to include information about the speak and the situation. e.g. "I had a great time at the picnic，" she told her mum.（direct speech）（reporting clause）

　　☆The reporting clause may come before，within，or after the direct speech. When the reporting clause comes after the direct speech，the order of the subject and the verb may be changed，e.g. Jane said/said Jane. This typically happens when the reporting clause is within the reported speech and the subject is not a pronoun. e.g. Jane said，"I've got a new e-pal. He is from German."

　　"I've got a new pal. He is from Germany，" Jane said/said Jane/she said.

　　Use a comma to connect the direct speech and the reporting clause.

　　When you change a sentence from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech，you sometimes need to change the verb tense. You may also need to change pronouns in order to keep the same meaning.

　　DIRECT SPEECH←→INDIRECT SPEECH

　　Present Past

　　Past past or past perfect

　　Present perfect past perfect

　　Past perfect past perfect

　　e.g."Did you get e-mails from your friends？" she asked.→

　　She asked if I had got e-mails from my friends.

　　When you use Indirect Speech to report what someone said，you can sometimes change the exact words without changing what the speaker actually said.

　　e.g. Wilson said，"How long have we been in his place？"→

　　Wilson asked how long you had been here.

　　T：Next，let's do some exercises. Look at Part 2.Change the following direct speech into indirect speech and indirect into direct. First do it by yourselves. Then discuss it in pairs. Finally I'll show you the answers.（After students do it，teacher shows the following on the screen.）

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