§4.5 Indirect/Reported Speech

• Engels
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Direct & Indirect speech

Direct Speech: letterlijk gezegd

1. Terry: 'I spend a lot of time there'
2. 'We are working on it'
3. Steph: 'I saw you on the beach yesterday'
4. The boys: 'Have you ever seen anything strange?'
5. Imogen: 'Emily looks scared'
6. My aunt: 'Are you going to town?'
7. Him: 'I was at a party last night'

Indirect Speech: beschrijving van wat er is gezegd

1. Terry said that he spent a lot of time there.
2. We explained that we were working on it.
3. Steph said that she had seen us on the beach the day before.
4. The boys asked if we had ever seen anything strange.
5. My aunt asked if I was going to town.
6. He told me that he had been at a party the night before.

Stappenplan direct --> indirect

• 1. Begin met een inleiding: He said (that), She asked if, They told me, We explained, etc.
  2. Verander de werkwoordstijd van de zin:
  
• Present Simple --> Past Simple (vb: works --> worked)
• Present Continuous --> Past Continuous (vb: are going --> were going)
• Present Perfect / Past Simple --> Past Perfect (vb: have seen --> had seen / was --> had been)
  3. verander waar nodig de tijd:
  
• yesterday --> the day before 
• tomorrow --> the next day 
• today --> that day / 
• now --> then 
• tonight --> that night
  4. Verander bepaalde woorden
• this --> that / these --> those / here --> there
• I --> he, she / my --> his, her / we --> they etc.

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Jim: "I work here every day."

1. Jim said that he works here every day."
2. Jim said that he works there every day."
3. Jim said that he worked here everyday."
4. Jim said that he worked there everyday."

"He will come tomorrow".
She told me that he ________ the next day.

1. is coming
2. will come
3. would come

"I can see the clouds today.".
He told me that she ________ the clouds that day.

1. can see
2. could see
3. can saw
4. could saw

"My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow".
He told me that his mother ________ the bus to work the next day.

1. is taking
2. was taking
3. will take

Julie: I want to go out.
INDIRECT SPEECH

1. Julie said that I want to go out
2. Julie said that she want to go out.
3. Julie said that she wanted to go out.
4. Julie said that she had wanted to go out.

My cousins: We worked all night yesterday.
INDIRECT SPEECH

1. My cousins said that we worked all night that day.
2. My cousins said they had worked all night the day before.
3. My cousins said they worked all night that day.

Turn into indirect speech:
Peter to John: "Why are you so late?"

1. Peter asked to John why he so late was
2. Peter asked John how late he was
3. Peter asked John when he was late
4. Peter asked John why he was so late

What is the correct reported speech for 'I love this book'?

1. She says, 'I love that book.'
2. She said she loved that book.
3. She said, 'I love this book.'
4. She said she loves this book.

Which is the correct transformation to reported speech for 'I will call you later'?

1. She said, 'I would call you later.'
2. She said she would call me later.
3. She says, 'I will call you later.'
4. She said, 'I will call you later.'

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
''Where is your sister today?'' she asked me.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
''Have you seen enough?'', they asked me.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
''I didn't make mistakes yesterday'', he said.

Change to reported speech
Fien: "I am watching Netflix tonight."

"I have been watching you", the man whispered.

had to

the next day

they

in two days' time

this week

last night

'must' changes to _____ in reported speech.

'tomorrow' changes to ______ in reported speech.

The personal pronoun 'we' changes to _______ in reported speech.

'the day after tomorrow' changes to ______ in reported speech.

the night before, Thursday night

that week, last week

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