Reported Speech

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

This week :

Reported speech: instruction and practice 

At the end of this lesson you: 

- know the difference between direct and reported (indirect) speech

- know which types of words I need to change when rewriting from direct to indirect speech

We gebruiken indirect(reported) speech om op een later tijdstip te herhalen wat wij zelf hebben gezegd, of wat iemand anders heeft gezegd. 

Direct speech:
"We are trying to pay attention!"

Indirect speech: 
They said (that) they were trying to pay attention. 

Kijk op de volgende slide goed naar de twee zinnen (direct en indirect) en wat er in een andere kleur is geschreven. 

Probeer alvast de volgende vragen te beantwoorden voor jezelf: 

- Wat gebeurt er met de werkwoordstijd als je herschrijft van directe naar indirecte rede?

- Wat gebeurt er met persoonlijke voornaamwoorden (I, you, us, them) en bezittelijke voornaamwoorden (his, her, our) als je herschrijft van directe naar indirecte rede?

- Wat gebeurt er met bijwoorden van plaats en tijd als je herschrijft van directe naar indirecte rede?

Direct speech:	Indirect speech:
"It is cold here ."	She said it was cold there .
" We w on our match yesterday ."	They said they had won their match the day before .
" I will help you ."	The teacher said he would help me.
" I have written a book."	He said he had written a book.
I'm doing my homework now .	She said she was doing her homework right away .

Dus...

tomorrow -> the next day

yesterday -> the day before, the previous day

now -> then

right now -> straight away

at the moment -> at that moment

Which is correct?
"I'm working hard."
He said....

1. ...that he is working hard .
2. ...that he was working hard.
3. ...that he works hard.
4. ...that he worked hard .

Which is correct?
"I will meet you all at school tomorrow."
She said...

1. She will meet us all at school the next day.
2. she will meet us all at school tomorrow.
3. she would meet us all at school tomorrow
4. she would meet us all at school the next day.

Which is correct?
"I haven't seen him since last night."
She said...

1. she hadn't seen him since the previous night.
2. she hadn't seen him since last night
3. she hasn't seen us since the previous night
4. she hasn't seen him since the previous night.

Which is correct?
"You must hand in your book reports next week!"
The teacher said.....

1. you have to hand in your book reports next week
2. we have to hand in our book reports the following week.
3. we had to hand in our book reports the following week.
4. we must hand in our book reports the next week.

Now try this one....
"I haven't finished my homework yet."
He said (that) ....

"I am tired because I have been working too hard."
She said (that)....

I know the difference between direct and reported speech

1. Yes
2. No
3. Sort of

I know which words I need to change when rewriting from direct to indirect speech

1. Yes
2. No
3. Sort of
4. Yes, but I need more practice.

Still hard? 

Watch the video and see if it helps. 

There are some more exercises to practise(click on exercises)

We will come back to this in class. More than once.