A STUDY ON INDIRECT SPEECH ACTS

English business letter has been an important and indispensable tool for us to exchange information in global economy. Therefore, writing the efficient letters will determine the success of business communication.
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Phonetics is the study of speech sounds.

a) how they’re produced (articulatory phonetics)
b) their physical characteristics (acoustic phonetics)
Phonetics is the study of speech sounds.

a) how they’re produced (articulatory phonetics)
b) their physical characteristics (acoustic phonetics) and[r]

For example.You should study harder.You ought to study harder.Drivers should obey the speed limit.Drivers ought to obey the speed limit.o Can (có thể) usually expresses the idea that something is possible becausecertain characteristics or conditions exist. Can is also used to combinepo[r]

Indirect speech exerciseChange the following into indirect speech.1. Jane said, ‘Depend upon it, I will return in time.’2. He said, ‘Good bye, my friend!’3. The mother said to me, ‘Welcome home.’4. The boy said, ‘Thank you for your help.’5. He said to me, ‘I hope you are[r]

Indirect speech exerciseChange the following sentences into indirect speech.1. I said, ‘Yes, sir, this is the way to be happy and rich.’2. The teacher said, ‘James, learn your lesson.’3. He said to me, ‘I will have you sent to prison, you rascal.’4. ‘How glad I am,’ said[r]

TENSEPresent simplePresent ContinuousPast SimplePast ContinuousPresent Perfect SimplePresent Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect SimpleFuture SimpleModal : canModal: mustDIRECT SPEECH“He lives in Australia”“He is working at the hospital”“He broke his leg”“He was playing the flute”“He had studied M[r]

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Direct and indirect speech: an overview of the rulesWhen the reporting verb is in the past tense, all present tenses in the direct speech will change into thecorresponding past tenses.For example, the simple present will become simple past.He said, ‘I want to go.’He said that he[r]

Phonetics is the scientific study of the sounds of language. Phonetics includes
how speech sounds are produced (articulatory phonetics), the physical nature
of the sounds themselves (acoustic phonetics), and how speech is heard by
listeners (perceptuallinguistic phonetics).
The information you can g[r]

Reporting different kinds of sentencesReporting statementsPut ‘that’ before the reported statement.Use the reporting verb ‘said’ or ‘told’. Note that the verb ‘told’ should be followed by an object. The verb ‘said’cannot be followed by an object.Direct speech: Rohan said, ‘I like this music.’[r]

The same word used as different part of speechHere is a list of some of the most important words which belong to different parts of speech. Note that it is thefunction or use which determines which part of speech a particular word belongs to.AboutAbout can be used as an a[r]

International Standard Program, ULIS, VNU is working as an organization in which students from other faculties of VNU attends a language training course run by ULIS teachers. Since the students are all nonEnglish major ones, they encounter a vast amount of difficulty in language skills, especially s[r]

Although L2 pragmatic competence is essential in intercultural communication, many studies show that most of language learners, even those with advanced grammatical competence, lack necessary knowledge of performing speech acts in the target language. Lack of L2 pragmatic knowledge has led to pragma[r]

Reporting yes/no questionsYes/no questions expect yes or no as the answer. We use if or whether to report yes/no questions.Direct: ‘Will you do this?’Indirect: She asked me if I would do that.Direct: ‘Are you going to the market?’Indirect: She asked me if I was going to the market.Dire[r]

Joining two sentences using a noun clauseMake one of the simple sentences the principal clause and change the other clauses into subordinate clauses.Note that the subordinate clause can be a noun clause, an adverb clause or an adjective clause.A noun clause acts as the su[r]

Reporting QuestionsWhen we report questions the indirect speech is introduced by verbs such as ask and inquire. Note that inreported questions the subject normally comes before the verb, and auxiliary do is not used.Question marks are not used in reported questions.Direct speech[r]

The aim of the current study is to investigate the effect of EGR on performance parameters and exhaust emissions of an indirect injection IDI diesel engine fuelled with JBD blends; and a[r]

Detailed rules for change of tenses in indirect speechWhen the reporting verb is in the past tense, all present tenses of the direct speech change to correspondingpast tenses.The simple present tense becomes the simple past tense.Direct speech: He said, ‘I am fine.’Indirect