Indirect / Reported Speech

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• Leerjaar 4

Reported Speech

• Reported speech = Indirect Speech
• Direct Speech: ​

    Something is said directly, sentence is between inverted commas "..."​

      Direct: June said, "It is my car."

      Indirect: June said that it was her car.

Rewrite to indirect speech:
"Are you tired?"

1. He asked if I am tired
2. He asked if I was tired
3. He asked am I tired?
4. He asked if you are tired.

"They will be here tomorrow".
They told me that they ________ here the next day.

1. is being
2. will be
3. would be

Jack said, "I walk here every day."

1. Jack said that he walks here every day."
2. Jack said that he walks there every day."
3. Jack said that he walked here every day."
4. Jim said that he walked there every day."

"I can go to the cinema.".
He told me that she ________ to the cinema.

1. can go
2. could go
3. can went
4. could have gone

Zet in de indirecte reden:
Sam: I'm reading a good book

1. Sam said that she read a good book
2. Sam said that she has been reading a good book
3. Sam said that she had read a good book
4. Sam said that she was reading a good book

"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.

Zet in de indirecte reden:
Alexis: I didn't read the book

1. Alexis said that she didn't read the book
2. Alexis said that she isn't reading the book
3. Alexis said that she hadn't read the book
4. Alexis said that she doesn't read the book

My cousins: "We worked all night".
indirect speech:

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

My cousins: We worked all night.
INDIRECT SPEECH

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

Turn into indirect speech:
Peter said 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

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

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

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
''I never make mistakes'', he said.

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

"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