Direct / Indirect Speech

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

 Direct/Indirect Speech

At the end of this lesson I will: 

- 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

- have practised rewriting from direct to indirect speech together with the teacher and the rest of the class. 

We gebruiken 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 werkwoorden? 

- Wat gebeurt er met voornaamwoorden? (I,you, us, his, her, our) 

- wat gebeurt er met bijwoorden van plaats en tijd?

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.
" We have been working too hard today. "	They said they had been working too hard that day.
I'm going to do my homework tonight.	She said she was going to do her homework that night .

Past simple

Past continuous

Past perfect simple

Past perfect continuous

Future with would or was/were going to

had to

Must

past continuous

future with will / am going to 

Present continuous

Past simple

Past perfect simple

Present simple

Past perfect continuous

Present perfect simple

Present perfect continuous

Which things would you have to change in this sentence if you changed it to reported speech?
"I hate it here!"
She said ...

1. I / here
2. I / hate
3. hate / hear
4. I / hate / here

How many things would you have to change in this sentence?
"I will give you back your grades tomorrow."
The teacher said...

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

Which things would you have to change in this sentence if you changed it to reported speech?
"We haven't finished our homework yet!"
They said ...

1. We / haven't / our / yet
2. We / haven't / our
3. We / our / yet
4. We / haven't

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 on the next slide and see if it helps. 

On the slide after that, there are some more exercises. The link takes you to a page with quite a bit of choice.

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