Recap Reported Speech

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• Leerjaar 4

What is indirect/reported speech?

WHAT IS IT?

• Report what another person has said, without using the speaker’s exact words (direct speech) 

Reported Speech

• Reported speech = Indirect Speech
• Direct Speech: ​

    Something is said directly, sentence is between inverted commas "..."​

      Direct: June said, "It is my car."

      Indirect: June said that it was her car.

What changes and how? (3 things)
Direct: June said, "It is my car."
Indirect: June said that it was her car.

Three steps

1.  Identify the tense

         2. Change the pronouns

                          3. Change the time expressions

Pronouns and possessive adjectives

I =you

we = they

myself = yourself

Let's practice

Open your book on page 142 to get some help with the tense changes.

We gebruiken reported speech om...

1. Achteraf te herhalen wat iemand anders heeft gezegd
2. Achteraf te herhalen wat we zelf hebben gezegd
3. A en B zijn allebei juist
4. A en B zijn allebei onjuist

Welke van de twee staat of staan in Reported Speech?

1. "I'm sick and tired of you!", she said.
2. She said she was sick and tired of us.
3. Allebei
4. Geen van beide

What is the correct reported speech form of:
"You have bought a pink Nissan Figaro"

The message said they ...

1. ...had bought a pink Nissan Figaro
2. ...have bought a pink Nissan Figaro.
3. ...bought a pink Nissan Figaro
4. ...were buying a pink Nissan Figaro.

What is the correct reported speech form of:
"We can't understand it"

They said they ...

1. ...hadn't understood it.
2. ...couldn't understand it.
3. ...couldn't understood it.
4. ...weren't understanding it.

What is the correct reported speech form of:
"I'll advertise the car again"

Mr Neal said...

1. ...they had advertised the car again.
2. ...they will advertise the car again.
3. ...they were advertising the car again.
4. ...he would advertise the car again.

Jim said, "I work here every day."

1. Jim said that he works here every day."
2. Jim said that he works there every day."
3. Jim said that he worked here everyday."
4. Jim said that he worked there everyday."

"He will come tomorrow".
She told me that he ________ tomorrow.

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

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

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

"My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow".
He told me that his mother ________ the bus to work tomorrow.

1. is taking
2. was taking
3. will take

Julie: "I want to go out".
INDIRECT SPEECH

1. Julie said that I want to go out
2. Julie said that she want to go out.
3. Julie said that she wanted to go out.
4. Julie said that she had wanted to go out.

My cousins: "We worked all night".
INDIRECT SPEECH

1. My cousins said that we worked all night.
2. My cousins said they had worked all night.
3. My cousins said they worked all night.

Turn into indirect speech:
Peter said to John: "Why are you so late?"

1. Peter asked to John why he so late was
2. Peter asked John how late he was
3. Peter asked John when he was late
4. Peter asked John why he was so late

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
''Where is your sister?'' she asked me.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
''Have you seen enough?'', they asked me.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
''I never make mistakes'', he said.

Reported speech:
She asked me what I was doing in London.
What were the girl's real words?

Reported thought:
I knew I'd seen her somewhere before.
What were my real-time thoughts?

8A

Make exercise 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.