Practice 2
Changing Direct Quotations to Indirect Quotations
A. Turn back
to the model paragraph “Seeking a Spouse on the Web” on page 86 and answer
these questions:
1.
How many
indirect quotations does the paragraph contain? Four indirect quotations.
2.
What
reporting verbs or phrases introduce the indirect quotations? Said, estimated,
according to.
Which one(s) do not
contain the word that? Said, according to.
B. Look at
the model paragraph “Drugs and the Olympic Games” on page 83 and find the one
indirect quotation. Does it follow the sequence tense rules?
According to Dr. Karsten, who says he has prescribed anabolic
steroids to hundreds of world class athletes over the last twenty-five years.
The indirect quotation above follows the sequence tense rules. When
the reporting phrase is according to, the verb tense does not change.
C.
Rewrite
the direct quotations as indirect quotations.
1. Television
channel KSA General Manager Jim Burns said that not everyone could attend
college in the traditional way; therefore, taking courses via television would
offer many more students the chances to earn a college degree.
2. Pre-med
student Alma Rodriguez said that she missed being on campus, but she had to
worked and took care of her family.
3. Other
student said last year they had spent several hours a day commuting to and from
school. Now they did not have to do that.
4. Computer
engineering student Amir Mehdizadeh stated that he could choose when to study
and how to study without pressure. He also said he would take two more
telecourses in the fall.
D.
Change all
of the direct quotations in the model paragraph on drugs and Olympic athletes
(page 83) into indirect quotations.
a. In 1993,
the head of the International Olympic Committee’s medical commission, Prince
Alexandre de Merode of Belgium stated that he believed that as many as 10% of
all Olympic athletes were regular users of performance-enhancing drugs (qtd. in
Bamberger and Yaeger 63).
b. In a 1997
article in Sports Illustrated magazine, Dutch physician Michael Karsten
is quoted as saying that there may be some sportsmen who can win gold medals
without taking drugs, but there are very few.
c. According
to Dr. Karsten, who says he has prescribed anabolic steroids to hundreds of
world-class athletes over the last twenty-five years, if you are especially
gifted, you may win once, but from my experience you can’t continue to win
without drugs. The field is just too filled with drug users.
