UNIT 27 Reported speech (1)
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First Read the following extract from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë in which Catherine speaks to her servant Nelly. Then fill in the gaps of the summary with A, B, C or D. I cannot express it; but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is or should be an existence of yours beyond you. What were the use of my creation, if I were entirely contained here? My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff’s miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning: my great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it. My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I’m well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He’s always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.
Cathy told Nelly that she (1) _____ express it but surely (2) _____ and everybody (3) ___ a notion that there (4) _____ be an extistence of yours beyond you. She also said that (5) _____ great miseries in (6) _____ world (7) ______ Heathcliff’s miseries, and she (8) ______ and felt each from the beginning. Then she added that her love for Linton (9) _____ like the foliage in the woods: time (10) _____ change it as winter (11) ______ the trees, but her love for Heathcliff (12) _____ like the eternal rocks beneath. Finally, she told Nelly that Heathcliff (13) ______ always in (14) ______ mind. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
A can’t A you A had A shall A his A this A were A was watching A were A would A change A resembled A was A your
B couldn’t B Cathy B have B must B my B those B had been B watched B is B shall B changed B had been B had been B my
C may not C Nelly C had had C should C Cathy’s C that C have been C had watched C had been C may C had changed C resembles C were C her
D won’t D they D would have D must have D her D these D would be D has watched D was D will D was changing D was D is D his
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Match the reported sentences to the pictures and write the direct sentences in the correct speech bubbles. 1 3 A She thought she’d go B C D
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to the gym the day after. He said his team had won the match the day before. She wondered where she had put the glasses. He told his mother not to worry.
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