Indirect / Reported speech

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BLZ 177

For reported speech, if the original sentence is in the present simple, you use ___________ in reported speech.

1. Present simple
2. Past simple
3. Past continuous
4. Past perfect

Reported speech: Original sentence in the past simple, reported _________.

1. past simple
2. past perfect
3. past continuous

Turn into reported speech.
Jordy said, 'the teacher won't be happy about it.'

1. Jordy said the teacher wasn't happy about it.
2. Jordy said that the teacher won't be happy about it.
3. Jordy said that the teacher wouldn't be happy about it.

Turn into reported speech.
Mom said, 'I baked a delicious cake for all of you.'

1. Mom said that she has baked a delicious cake for all of us.
2. Mom said that she baked a delicious cake for all of us.
3. Mom said that she had baked a delicious cake for all of us.

Turn into reported speech.
Nelly said, 'My brother is cleaning his room.'

1. Nelly said her brother is cleaning his room.
2. Nelly said that her brother was cleaning his room.
3. Nelly said her brother had cleaned his room.
4. Nelly said her brother cleaned his room.

Question 1 The mother asked him, 'Why are your clothes so dirty?'

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your
answer was correct.

tip: no quotation marks!

Answer question 1:

The mother asked him why his clothes were so dirty. 

(The mother asked him, 'Why are your clothes so dirty?')

Question 2 Bill said, 'I'll take the car because I am late.'

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your

answer was correct.

tip: modal verb

Answer question 2:

Bill said that he would take the car because he was late.

(Bill said, 'I'll take the car because I am late.')
 

Question 3 She told the police, 'I have heard strange noises during the night.'

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your

answer was correct.

Answer question 3

She told the police that she had heard strange noises during the night.

(She told the police, 'I have heard strange noises during the night.')

4 He said, 'I read this book last month.'

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your

answer was correct.

tip: irregular verb

Answer question 4

He said that he had read that book last month.

(He said, 'I read this book last month.')

5 They asked, 'should we hand this in?'

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your

answer was correct.

Answer question 5:

They asked if they should hand this in.

(They asked, 'should we hand this in?')
 

6 The boy yelled, 'I scored the winning goal!'

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your

answer was correct.

Answer question 6:

The boy yelled that he had scored the winning goal.

(The boy yelled, 'I scored the winning goal!')