Mastering Reported Speech: Using Various Tense Forms

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Using Reported Speech

Learning Objective

• Understand reported speech
• Practice using various tense forms

What do you already know about reported speech?

Introduction to Reported Speech

• To talk about what someone else said 

It involves changing: 

• Tense (present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, etc)
• Pronouns 
• Time expressions

Examples of Reported Speech

• Direct speech: 'I am studying for my exams.' 
• Reported speech: She said that she was studying for her exams.

Changing Tenses in Reported Speech

When changing tenses in reported speech, the tense of the reported speech typically moves back one step in time

For example:

Direct speech: 'I am studying for my exams.'

Reported speech: She said that she was studying for her exams.

Exercise 1: Changing Tenses

Change the following direct speech into reported speech: 

'I will visit my friend tomorrow.'

Exercise 2: Identifying Tense Forms

Identify the tense form used in the reported speech: 

• 'He said he has finished his homework.'

Now turn it into direct speech:

Wrap-Up and Review

Review the key concepts of reported speech and the use of various tense forms. Encourage students to ask questions.

Review

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

see ppt for review

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.