Indirect / Reported Speech

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• 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.

Teacher: ''Shall I help you?''

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

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
He: ''I had never made a mistake before that day''.

Fien said that she was watching Netflix.

"I have watched you for a long time", the man whispered.

My sister: ''Don't go into my room!''

She said that she liked chocolate.

A contract: ''Employees get 30 minute lunch breaks.''

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