ACTIVITY

Write a brief composition in ten lines about you understood of the listening then check
your understanding.

Sherlock Holmes is a character created by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Although SherlockHolmes was not a real person, evidence of him can be found
throughout London. There is a statue of Sherlock Holmes and a pub named after
him. he was famous for his use of forensic or scientific techniques to solve crimes.
There is a lot of stuff about him inside the pub. The pub even has its own room that
is supposed to resemble the Sherlock Holmes studio. started to black and white
and then to movies in Hollywood had common phrases like: “On the contrary, my
dear friend Watson.” remains popular because their stories are original and good
and finally it was a hero who solved the cases of deaths and found his culprits.

-Which of these things are included in Wendy's documentary about Sherlock Holmes

A statue of Sherlock Holmes (true)

Holmes' famous address, 221b Baker Street (true)

An interview with a writer of crime stories (false)

A visit to a Sherlock Holmes pub (true)

An interview with an actor (false)

An interview with a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society (true)

A visit to a police museum (true)

An interview with an ex-policeman (true)

A Sherlock Holmes computer game (false)

 Use the correct prepositions to complete the EXPRESSIONS in the sentences.

• OF
• FOR
• FOR
• IN
• WITH
• OF
• AGAINST
• AFTER

1. The streets of London are FULL ___of________ history.

2. More than a hundred years ago, Sherlock Holmes led the

FIGHT _____against______ crime.

3. But not all the famous characters ASSOCIATED ______with_______ London were real.

4. Sherlock Holmes wasn’t a real person, but you can find

EVIDENCE _________OF_____ him all over London.

5. There's a pub NAMED _______after_____ him.

6. He was FAMOUS _________for______ his forensic or scientific techniques.

7. His creator, Conan Doyle, visited police museums to get

INSPIRATION________for______ his stories.

8. He was really INTERESTED ________in_______ real-life crimes.

 READ THE FOLOWING EXPLANATION ABOUT DIRECT AND INDIRECT REQUEST AND
EXPALAIN WITH YOUR WORDS EVERYTHING TH

1. Reported Commands

There is no backshift of tenses with commands/requests in Reported Speech.

Form

• affirmative commands → to + infinitive

• negative commands → not + to + infinitive

1.1. Affirmative commands

• Direct Speech → Dad: “Do your homework.”

• Reported Speech → Dad told me to do my homework.

1.2. Negative commands

• Direct Speech → Teacher: “Don't talk to your friend.”

• Reported Speech → The teacher told me not to talk to my friend.

1.3. The introductory sentence in commands

The word tell in introductory sentences in Reported Commands can be substituted with

other words, e.g.

• advise

• ask

There is no backshift of tenses, no matter which tense is used in the introductory

sentence.
 Direct Speech

• Dad: “Do your homework.”

Reported Speech

• Dad tells me to do my homework.

• Dad told me to do my homework.

2. Suggestions

Direct Speech

• Father: “Let's watch a film.”

Reported Speech

• Father suggested watching a film.

• Father suggested that they should watch a film

Do not use the infintive after suggest. Father suggested to watch a film.

Grammar explanation

Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can
use direct speech or indirect speech.

direct speech: 'I work in a bank,' said Daniel.

indirect speech: Daniel said that he worked in a bank.

In indirect speech, we often use a tense which is 'further back' in the past (e.g. worked)
than the tense originally used (e.g. work). This is called 'backshift'. We also may need to
change other words that were used, for example pronouns.
 However, if you are the person or one of the people who spoke, then the pronouns don't
change.

'I'm working on my thesis,' I said.

• I told her that I was working on my thesis.

'We want our jobs back!' we said.

• We said that we wanted our jobs back.

We also change demonstratives and adverbs of time and place if they are no longer
accurate.

'This is my house.'

• He said this was his house. [You are currently in front of the house.]
• He said that was his house. [You are not currently in front of the house.]
'We like it here.'

• She told me they like it here. [You are currently in the place they like.]
• She told me they like it there. [You are not in the place they like.]
'I'm planning to do it today.'

• She told me she's planning to do it today. [It is currently still the same day.]
• She told me she was planning to do it that day. [It is not the same day any more.]

In the same way, these changes to those, now changes to then, yesterday changes
to the day before, tomorrow changes to the next/following day and ago changes
to before.

in the text above we talk about the best way to ask questions or solve those
questions, how it should be done in a negative or affirmative way words can be
substituted, both as given advice and when asking the question. grammatically
explains how it is the correct form of the direct and indirect part are used time
further back from the past that we are talking about