Recap: direct + indirect speech

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Direct + indirect speech 

Direct speech:

 - When someone says something themselves

''You can sit here.''

Indirect speech

 - Telling what someone else said in your own words

He said that I could sit here.

Direct + indirect speech 

Indirect speech usually start with:

- He said...

- They asked if / whether...

Indirect speech = past tense

Direct + indirect speech 

Indirect speech = past tense

You report something that 

has already been said. So

it's in the past. Usually one

"past" further down. 

Indirect speech 

Indirect speech: some 

words change, learn 

these by heart.  (See ELO)

Direct + indirect speech 

Bij indirect speech veranderen vaak de persoonlijk voornaamwoorden

Let op: "you" is enkelvoud én meervoud in het Engels. 

D: Alice: ''We never use a guide when we visit museums.''

I: ''She said they never use a guide when they visit museums.''

Direct + indirect speech 

Let's practice

- Turn the sentence from direct speech to indirect speech

For example:

Karl: ''I like this song.''

He said that he liked that song.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
Mother: ''Where is your sister?''

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
Sylvia: ''I don't speak Italian''.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
Guus: ''I never make mistakes''.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
My parents: ''Have you seen enough?''.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
Katy: ''I dreamed about pirates last night''.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
Youri and Nico: ''Have you ever seen anything strange?"

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
Grandmother: ''Have you read the news?"