Mission 14 5H1 Reported Speech 24 25

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Ms 14 Phrases and grammar

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Who are the two main characters in The Word is Murder?

What is so different about this book compared to other whodunnits?

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Who are the two main characters in The Word is Murder?

What is so different about this book compared to other whodunnits?

Other Horowitz books

Magpie Murders

Moonflower Murders 

A Line to Kill 

Alex Rider series 

Moriarty

Passive

To be + voltooid deelwoord

Emphasis on action

The glass is broken (by the burgler).

RTE, 28 Aug 2024

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man in Balbriggan, Co Dublin, earlier this month. The man in his 60s was found with serious injuries on a road in the Balbriggan area in the early hours of 10 August. He was taken to Beaumont Hospital, where he died a day later. A post-mortem examination was subsequently carried out and gardaí have said the results are not being disclosed "for operational reasons". The woman, who is in her 40s, was arrested in Balbriggan yesterday morning. She is being held at a garda station in north Dublin.

RTE, 28 Aug 2024

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a man in Balbriggan, Co Dublin, earlier this month. The man in his 60s was found with serious injuries on a road in the Balbriggan area in the early hours of 10 August. He was taken to Beaumont Hospital, where he died a day later. A post-mortem examination was subsequently carried out and gardaí have said the results are not being disclosed "for operational reasons". The woman, who is in her 40s, was arrested in Balbriggan yesterday morning. She is being held at a garda station in north Dublin.

Phrases 

Check assignments 8 & 9.

Reported speech

You hear/heard something

and

tell it to someone else 

Indirect speech

direct speech:

Johnny says, 'I am working late tonight'. 

'I will give him a lift to the station tomorrow', Tanya said. 

Indirect speech

indirect speech: (it is a couple of days later)

Johnny said (that) he was working that night

Tanya said (that) she would give him a lift to the station the next day/the day after/the following day. 

Direct to Indirect speech

So what happens?

• tense is further back 
• pronouns often  change 
• references to time and place often change

Similar to Dutch

Tenses

Simple present in direct speech John says,  'I know where she is'

wordt    

Simple past in indirect speech 'John told me (that) he knew where she was'

Tenses

Present continuous in direct speech:

Lucy says,'I am waiting for the bus'.

wordt

past continuous: Lucy told me she was waiting for the bus. 

Tenses

Simple past in direct speech: He said, 'They left for London last week'.

wordt

past perfect in indirect speech: He said that they had left for London last week. 

Tenses

Past continuous in direct speech: I was waiting for the bus

wordt

past perfect continuous: She told me she had been waiting for the bus. 

Tenses

Present perfect in direct speech: Mother said, 'Mary has lost her bracelet'.

wordt

Past perfect in indirect speech: Morther said that Mary had lost her bracelet. 

Tenses

(Present) perfect continuous in direct speech: He said, 'I have been painting a lovely picture'.

wordt

Past perfect continuous in indirect speech: He said that he had been painting a lovely picture. 

Tenses

Future (present) in direct speech: Mr Darcy says, 'I shall conquer this'. 

wordt 

Past Future in indirect speech: Mr Darcy said that he would conquer that. 

Tenses

(Present) future continuous in direct speech: Marlon said, 'I shall (will) be doing my homework this evening'.

wordt

Past future continous in indirect speech: Marlon said that he would be doing his homework that evening. 

Pay attention

• you can inverse the 'mother said' - part, but not when you're using a pronoun (not: said he, said I)
• Shall and should are only used with I and we!
• All kinds of references to objects, time, and place may change form. 

Do

assignment 6

Homework

Study Mission 14, TS 1

Vocab, grammar, phrases

Mission 23

Start on the vocabulary exercises, pp. 194, 195.

Or prepare for the formative evaluation on Friday.