Reported speech

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Learning goal

You are able to use reported speech to retell a story.

Reported speech

What is reported speech?

Reported speech is the way you retell another person's words without quoting using "He/she + reporting verb" statements

some reporting verbs

*Said

*Told

*Asked

*Replied that

*Added that

Neutral:

"I went to school."

"I like ice cream."

"I am living in London."

"You can't do that."

"Did you do the homework?"

Reported speech:

"He said he went to school."

"She said (that) she liked ice cream."

"She said she was living in London."

"She told him that he could not do that."

"She asked me if I did the homework."

Practice

Finish the exercises on the worksheet

Not the comic side

On your own

15 mins

Let's check

Comic side

Use reported speech to retell the story of the following Garfield comics.

Fill in the blanks

On our own.

10 mins.

Let's check

Homework

Retell a story that includes some sort of conflict.

Minimum of 5 usages of reported speech.

Book, movie, real life