REPORTED SPEECH. Tony Succar . Billy Jean

Dear students, can you tell me which of these sentences are direct and /or indirect speech?

Now turn the direct into indirect and the other way round.

Make use of your notebooks   

BILLIE JEAN (Tony Succar

VERSE -
She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said, "Don’t mind but what do you mean I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round?"
She said, "I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round"

She told me her name was Billie Jean
As she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round

BRIDGE -
People always told me, "Be careful of what you do
And don’t go around breaking young girls hearts"
And mother always told me, "Be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do ’cause the lie becomes the truth"
CHORUS -
Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one but the kid is not my son
VERSE -
For forty days and forty nights, law was on her side
But who can stand when she’s in demand, her schemes and plans
So we danced on the floor in the round

So take my strong advice
Just remember to always think twice
Do think twice, do think twice

She told my baby, we were dancing still three
Then she looked at me, then showed a photo
My baby cried ’cause his eyes were like mine
Though we'd dance on the floor in the round
BRIDGE 2 -
People always told me, "Be careful of what you do
And don’t go around breaking young girls hearts"
But she came and stood right by me then the smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon, she called me to her room

CHORUS -
Billie Jean is not my lover
She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
INTERLUDIO –
MONTUNO 1 -
*** BILLIE JEAN IS NOT MY LOVER

1.      Billy Jean, she’I,s not my loooooo.
2.      Tell her who and ……
3.      She’s just a girl, who says that I am the one…..

MAMBO –
MONTUNO 2 –
*** EL NIÑO NO ES MIO
1)     Oyeme lo que te digo
*** CONMIGO NO VA
2)     Que ese niño, de quien será.
3)     Te lo juro, no te miento
4)     Que ha pasado el padre? Donde estará?
5)     En la calle quedara, No ha vuelta mas.
6)     Y a mi, que lastima me da.

REPORTED SPEECH review

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MODAL VERBS I

There are some basic rules that you have to follow when you use MODAL VERBS


Modal verbs are verbs such as  CAN       MUST       SHOULD     MAY       COULD   .....

1.  NO USE OF AUXILIARY VERBS

                             I can run              I can't  run             can I run  ?

2. NO -S /-ES ENDING  when preceeded by HE, SHE or IT

                                           I can run          she can  run

3. ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE VERB

                                            I can run         I can't run       Can I run?👍👍

You must remember the rules of the verb TO BE to form the affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences. The only thing you have to remember is the third rule of the modals (always followed by an infinitive)

These rules do not apply with the SEMIMODAL VERBS  

The semimodal verbs are those verbs formed by two words:

HAVE TO               NEED TO         OUGHT TO    

These verbs follow the third rule, but not the other two:


1. They need an auxiliary verb

I have to go     I don't have to go        Do I have to go?

She has to go     She doesn't have to go        Does she have to go?


2. They add the -s/-es ending when preceeded by HE, SHE or IT

She has to go       He needs to go       It has to happen

3. They are followed by an infinitive verb, as the Modal verbs do.

I need to go           She needs to stay            He doesn't have to say it......


You have to remember the rules for the Present Simple affirmative of the verb PLAY, for example.