‹Return to search

Direct & indirect speech (intermediate)

Direct & indirect speech (intermediate)
1 / 7
next
Slide 1: Slide

This lesson contains 7 slides, with text slides.

Items in this lesson

Direct & indirect speech (intermediate)

Slide 1 - Slide

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.

Slide 2 - Slide

What did you notice?

Slide 3 - Slide

'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] 

Slide 4 - Slide



  • 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..

Slide 5 - Slide



  • 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..

Slide 6 - Slide



  • 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..

Slide 7 - Slide

More lessons like this

Unit 4 - Writing [5] - part 2 direct & indirect speech

- Lesson with 15 slides
EngelsMiddelbare schoolmavo, havoLeerjaar 1

Unit 4 - Writing [5] - part 3

- Lesson with 12 slides
EngelsMiddelbare schoolmavo, havoLeerjaar 1

4H: vocabulary bingo & direct speech

- Lesson with 13 slides
EngelsMiddelbare schoolhavoLeerjaar 4

C/29-30

- Lesson with 29 slides
EnglishSpecial Education

Speaking Freedom: Analyzing and Reporting Speech

- Lesson with 24 slides
EngelsSecundair onderwijs

Reported Speech

- Lesson with 20 slides
Foreign languageSpecial Education

Reported Speech

- Lesson with 30 slides
Foreign languageSpecial Education

Reported speech

- Lesson with 18 slides
EnglishSpecial Education