Reported speech - 3rd years

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today's lesson

DIRECT SPEECH AND

 INDIRECT SPEECH/REPORTED SPEECH

PAGE 169

Wat is het verschil? 

Direct speech - is wat je hoor als iemand iets zegt.  Komt tussen '.....' (QUOTATION MARKS)

Indirect/Reported speech - is wanneer je doorverteld wat iemand anders heeft gezegd (roddelen in 'real life')

Direct - 'I love football,' the teacher said

Indirect - The teacher said that she loved football.

Pronouns change

(Speaker - He, She or name of the person) said that (he, she)...

Direct speech - 'I fancy a cup of tea, ' Jane said 

Indirect speech - Jane said that she fancied a cup of tea.

Tenses change. 

What do you think the rule might be?  

John (Direct speech): ' I am really hungry'

Amy (Reported speech): John said that he was really hungry.

John (Direct): 'I am meeting Paul for dinner'

Amy (Reported): John said he was meeting Paul for dinner. 

John (Direct): 'we bought an electric car' 

Amy (Reported): John said that he had bought an electric car

One step backwards:

present ----> past

am-------> was

use-------> used

Backshift  (see page 169)

'I use a computer' ----------------

'I am typing an email' ---------

'We bought a car'---------------

I have read the book ------------

' I will have new computers----- 

'I am going to buy a new phone'

'I had lived here for twenty years'

she said that she used a computer

She said that she was typing an email

They said that they had bought a car

She said that she had read the book

She said that she would have new computers

She said that she was going to buy a new phone

She said that she had lived there for twenty years

All tenses in reported speech...?

1. Stay the same: present continuous stays present continuous. I am working --> I am working.
2. Go from past tense to present tense. Past simple becomes present simple. I was --> I am.
3. Go 1 step back in time: present simple --> past simple. I work --> I worked.
4. Go to a future tense: present simple becomes future simple I sleep --> I will/going to sleep.

We use reported speech to:

1. To give someone an idea what the other person has said.
2. To quote people.
3. To tell someone what another person has said.

John said, 'I am watching Netflix'
He said that ....................Netflix

1. she was watching
2. he is watching
3. he was watching
4. he watched

'I can see the clouds'
He told me that she ________ the clouds.

1. can see
2. could see
3. can saw
4. could saw

'He will come tomorrow'.
She told me that he ________ the following day.

1. is coming
2. will come
3. would come

'The film started at 8pm'
Jeff said that...................at 8pm

1. the film had started
2. the film has started
3. the film would start
4. the film started

'I have taken the car'
She said that.....................the car.

1. had taken
2. she has taken
3. she had took
4. she had taken

Write the indirect/reported speech

1. Tracy said, 'I am really hungry' = Tracy said that ........

2. Joe said, 'I will get some food'

3. Tony said, 'It's getting dark outside'

4. Diana said, 'I haven't spoken to James'

5. Tom said, 'I can help you with your homework'

6. Molly said, 'I went shopping yesterday' 

To do now 

1. Exercise 51 a , page 169-170. Write down your answers in your notebook

To do now 

1. Study vocabulary F & G page 175
2. Do Slim stampen > unit 3 > grammar 8a & 8b