Direct & indirect speech (intermediate)

Direct & indirect speech (intermediate)
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Direct & indirect speech (intermediate)

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exercise 4
  • She said: 'I've seen many wrecks during my dives.'
  • She said she had seen many wrecks during her dives.

  • Eloise asked: 'Are you thinking about the story we heard last night?'
  • Eloise asked me if I was thinking about the story we had heard the night before.

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What did you notice?

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'Do you like the beach?'

  • Geeft letterlijk weer wat iemand zegt [script]
He asked if I liked the beach.

  • Beschrijft wat iemand heeft gezegd [boek] 

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  • Present simple
    'I walk along the beach.'
  • Present continuous
    'I am working.'
  • Past simple
    'He fell asleep in front of the telly.'
  • Present perfect
    'She has worked there since 2006.'


  • Past simple
    He said that he walked along the beach.
  • Past continuous
    She told him she was working.
  • Past perfect
    He told me that he had fallen asleep in front of the telly.
  • Past perfect
    She said that she had worked there since 2006.
Careful! Tenses change..

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  • Present simple
    'I walk along the beach.'
  • Present continuous
    'I am working.'
  • Past simple
    'He fell asleep in front of the telly yesterday.'
  • Present perfect
    'She has worked there since 2006.'


  • Past simple
    He said that he walked along the beach.
  • Past continuous
    She told him she was working.
  • Past perfect
    He told me that he had fallen asleep in front of the telly the day before.
  • Past perfect
    She said that she had worked there since 2006.
Careful! Indirect speech starts with an introduction..

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  • Present simple
    'I walk along the beach.'
  • Present continuous
    'I am working.'
  • Past simple
    'He fell asleep in front of the telly yesterday.'
  • Present perfect
    'She has worked there since 2006.'


  • Past simple
    He said that he walked along the beach.
  • Past continuous
    She told him she was working.
  • Past perfect
    He told me that he had fallen asleep in front of the telly the day before.
  • Past perfect
    She said that she had worked there since 2006.
Careful! Indirect speech starts with an introduction..

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