With REPORTED SPEECH you generally inform someone else of what other people just said,
ordered, suggested, offered, asked…
This speech is often done in a different place and usually on a different day so you need to
make some changes:
1. PRONOUNS
2. VERB TENSES (except conditionals and past perfects). Also, if we are reporting something that was
said but it is still true we don’t need to move the tense back. “ I love Paul”. She said she loves Paul
3. WORDS REFERRING TO A PARTICULAR TIME OR PLACE
These changes apply to all kind of sentences on condition that the introductory verb is in
the SIMPLE PAST.
EXPRESIONS OF TIME.CHANGES REPORTING VERBS
THIS (AFTERNOON) THAT (AFTERNOON)
SOME OF THEM ARE:
TODAY/THIS DAY THAT DAY
THESE (DAYS) THOSE (DAYS)
1. FOR STATEMENTS
… SAID TO SB THAT…
NOW THEN
A (YEAR) AGO A (YEAR) BEFORE TOLD SB THAT…./TO +INF
LAST (WEEK) THE (WEEK) BEFORE/ THE PREVIOUS BOASTED TO
(WEEK) ASSURED SB THAT…
NEXT (WEEK) THE FOLLOWING (WEEK) REMARKED THAT…
TOMORROW THE NEXT/FOLLOWING DAY
MENTIONED THAT…
COMMENTED THAT…
ADMITTED THAT…
DENIED THAT…/ GERUND
APOLOGIZE FOR + GERUND
PROMISED TO + INF
2. FOR QUESTIONS
… ASKED SB IF / WH-
ENQUIRED
WONDERED
WANTED TO KNOW
WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW
3. FOR COMMANDS
… ORDERED SB TO + INF
ASK SB TO + INF
TOLD SB TO + INF
REQUESTED
BEGGED SB TO + INF
IMPLORED SB TO +INF
SHOUTED TO SB +INF
SCREAMED AT SB
4.FOR OFFERS AND SUGGESTIONS
… OFFERED SB TO+ INF
SUGGESTED +THAT…/GERUND
2)REWRITE EACH SENTENCE AS INDIRECT SPEECH, BEGINNING AS SHOWN.
1) MIXED EXERCICE. NOTE WHETHER THE SENTENCE IS A
1. ‘You can’t park here.’ The police officer told Jack
REQUEST, A STATEMENT OR A QUESTION.
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"I like this picture." He said
2. ‘I’ll see you in the morning, Helen.’ Peter told Helen
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"Where have you parked your car?" She asked me
3. ‘I’m taking the 5:30 train tomorrow evening.’ Janet said
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"I don't feel like going out tonight," She said
4. ‘The trousers have to be ready this afternoon.’ Paul told the dry-
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cleaners_____________________________________________
"Say hello to Paul," They asked me
5. ‘I left my umbrella here two days ago.’ Susan told them
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"Don't play near the lake, boys," She said
6. ‘The parcel ought to be here by the end of next week.’ Brian said
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"Where have you been all night?" She asked him
7. ‘I like this hotel very much.’ Diana told me
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"I am quite good at drawing," He said
8. ‘I think it’s going to rain tonight.’ William said
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"Has she met Ian?" → He wanted to know
9. ‘What time does the film start, Peter?’ I asked
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"I was so tired that I couldn’t sleep" She said
10. ‘Do you watch television every evening, Chris?’ The interviewer asked
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"Be careful with the matches, Ann," She told Ann
11. ‘Why did you apply for this job’ asked the sales manager?. The sales
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manager asked me____________________________________
"I will get some food, I’m starving" She said
12. ‘Are you taking much money with you to France?’ My bank manager
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wanted to know ______________________________________
"Why haven't you phoned me?" → He wondered
13. ‘How does the photocopier work?’ I asked the salesman
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"I cannot drive them home," → He said 14. ‘Have you ever been to Japan, Paul?’ Sue asked Paul
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"Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" → She asked Peter 15. ‘Sue, can you remember to buy some bread?’ Paul reminded Sue
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"Where did you spend your holidays last year?" → She asked
3)REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN REPORTED SPEECH USING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING REPORTING VERBS
ACCUSE AGREE DECIDE OFFER
APOLOGIZE ADMIT INSIST REMIND
DOUBT DENY REFUSE WARN
PROMISE CONFESS SUGGEST ADVISE /THREATEN
a) ‘No, it’s not true, I didn’t steal the money!’ said Jean.
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c) ‘Why don’t we go to the cinema this evening?’ said Peter.
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d) ‘Yes, of course. I’ll give you a lift, Helen” said Liz.
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e) ‘I’ve broken your pen. I’m awfully sorry, Jack.’ said David.
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f) ‘Don’t forget to post my letter, will you, Sue?’ said Diana .
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g) ‘Let me carry your suitcase, John.’ Harry said.
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h) ‘All right, it’s true, I was nervous.’ The actor said
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i) ‘I don’t think Liverpool will win.’ Vanessa said.
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j) ‘If I were you, Bill, I’d buy a mountain bike.’ Stephen said.
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k) ‘Don’t worry, Martin, I’ll bring your book back”, said Leslie.
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l) ‘You murdered Lord Digby, didn’t you, Colin!’ said the inspector
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m) ‘No, no, you really must have another drink!’ Dick said
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n) ‘It was me who stole the money,’ said Jim.
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o) ‘Right, I’ll take the brown pair.’ said Andrew.
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p) ‘No, sorry, I don’t want to lend you my camera.’ said Alex.
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q) ‘Don’t play near the road, Jimmy.’ Said Jimmy’s mother
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4) Read
What is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI that uses deep learning
algorithms to understand and generate human-like language. It has been trained on
a massive amount of text data, including books, articles, and web pages, allowing
it to understand a wide range of topics and respond to a wide range of questions.
ChatGPT can be used for a variety of purposes, including answering questions,
generating text, and even holding conversations.
One of the main advantages of ChatGPT is its ability to generate coherent and
informative responses to a wide range of questions. It can be used to answer
questions on virtually any topic, from science and technology to history and
literature. ChatGPT can also generate text in a variety of styles, making it useful
for tasks such as summarizing articles or generating product descriptions.
Additionally, ChatGPT can be used for conversational purposes, allowing users to
engage in natural-language conversations with the system. Overall, ChatGPT is a
powerful tool that has the potential to transform the way we interact with machines
and access information.
5) Can you find the following information in the text?
1. ChatGPT is a large language model developed by __________.
2. ChatGPT has been trained on a massive amount of text data, allowing it to understand a wide range of
__________.
3. One of the main advantages of ChatGPT is its ability to generate coherent and informative __________.
4. ChatGPT can be used for tasks such as summarizing articles or generating __________ descriptions.
5. ChatGPT has the potential to transform the way we __________ with machines and access information.
6) Now, discuss the following questions with your class:
1. What is ChatGPT?
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2. How is ChatGPT able to understand and generate human-like language?
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3. What are some of the purposes for which ChatGPT can be used?
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4. How does ChatGPT generate coherent and informative responses?
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5. What is the potential impact of ChatGPT on the way we access information?
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7) Change the sentence
Mr. Hill, the Geography teacher from Brisbane High School, made a trip with his class into the outback of
Australia. Report what Mr. Hill told his pupils s into indirect speech and use suitable reporting verbs.
(1) I tasted a kangaroo (2) Have you ever
yesterday. It was seen a koala? It looks
(3) Let’s
delicious. so cute.
make a
campfire.
(8) When will we
arrive the camp (4) Don’t talk
tomorrow? Can you too loud. Go to
tell me the time? sleep.
(7) What are you
(5) Do you find the
doing? You really have
to be careful. track on the map?
(6) I really enjoy this trip
but we need more
water.
8) Choose the correct option .
9) Read the following news story about a new app which has been created to help
teachers detect if an AI has written an essay. Then, answer the questions below.
A college student created an app that can tell
whether AI wrote an essay
Emma Bowman
January 9, 2023
Teachers worried about students turning in essays written by a popular artificial intelligence chatbot
now have a new tool of their own. Edward Tian, a 22-year-old senior at Princeton University, has
built an app to detect whether text is written by ChatGPT, the viral chatbot that’s sparked fears over
its potential for unethical uses in academia. Tian, a computer science major who is minoring in
journalism, spent part of his winter break creating GPTZero, which he said can "quickly and
efficiently" decipher whether a human or ChatGPT authored an essay.
His motivation to create the bot was to fight what he
sees as an increase in AI plagiarism. Since the
release of ChatGPT in late November, there have
been reports of students using the
breakthrough language model to pass off AI-written
assignments as their own. "There's so much
ChatGPT hype going around. Is this and that written
by AI? We as humans deserve to know!" Tian wrote in
a tweet introducing GPTZero.
Tian said many teachers have reached out to him after he released his bot online on Jan. 2, telling
him about the positive results they've seen from testing it. More than 30,000 people had tried out
GPTZero within a week of its launch. It was so popular that the app crashed. Streamlit, the free
platform that hosts GPTZero, has since stepped in to support Tian with more memory and resources
to handle the web traffic.
To determine whether an excerpt is written by a bot, GPTZero uses two indicators: "perplexity" and
"burstiness." Perplexity measures the complexity of text; if GPTZero is perplexed by the text, then it
has a high complexity and it's more likely to be human-written. However, if the text is more familiar
to the bot — because it's been trained on such data — then it will have low complexity and therefore
is more likely to be AI-generated. Separately, burstiness compares the variations of sentences.
Humans tend to write with greater burstiness, for example, with some longer or complex sentences
alongside shorter ones. AI sentences tend to be more uniform. In a demonstration video, Tian
compared the app's analysis of a story in The New Yorker and a LinkedIn post written by ChatGPT. It
successfully distinguished writing by a human versus AI.
Tian acknowledged that his bot isn't foolproof, as some users have reported when putting it to the
test. He said he's still working to improve the model's accuracy. But by designing an app that sheds
some light on what separates human from AI, the tool helps work toward a core mission for Tian:
bringing transparency to AI. "For so long, AI has been a black box where we really don't know
what's going on inside," he said. "And with GPTZero, I wanted to start pushing back and fighting
against that."
- What is ChatGPT? Why are teachers worried about it?
- What is GPTZero? Who created it and why?
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- How has this new tool been received?
- How does GPTZero work?
- What further advantage does this invention have?
10) Try to write a definition for the expressions highlighted in the text, and then
check your answers with a dictionary:
breakthrough: ______________________________________________________
hype: ____________________________________________________________
to reach out: _______________________________________________________
foolproof: _________________________________________________________
black box: _________________________________________________________
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/09/1147549845/gptzero-ai-chatgpt-edward-tian-plagiarism
