Ch3-I Indirect/Reported speech

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• Lesson goal
• New grammar
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LESSON GOAL

I know the difference between direct and indirect/reported speech

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What do you already know about direct/indirect speech?

NEW GRAMMAR

Direct and indirect/reported speech

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WHEN TO USE IT?

You use direct speech to repeat the direct words that someone has said. You place these sentences between quotation marks.

Ex: 'I am teaching you new grammar now.'

You use indirect speech to retell what someone else has said. Because the sentences have already been spoken, they are in the past tense. You use ... said.

Ex: She said that she was teaching you new grammar now. 

TENSES

The tense that you used in the direct speech, changes when you use the indirect speech.

You can use the word that in indirect speech, but you can also leave it out.

	Direct speech	Indirect speech
Present simple > past simple	'I use a computer at home', she said.	She said that she used a computer at home.
Present continuous > past continuous	'I am typing an email', he said.	He said he was typing an email.
Past simple > past perfect	'We bought an electric car', they said.	They said they had bought an electric car.
Present perfect > past perfect	'I have seen the new android phone', he said,	He said that he had seen the new android phone.
Will > would	'We will have new computers,' the teacher said.	The teacher said that they would have new computers.
am/are/is going to > was/were	'I am going to use a 3D-printer,' she said.	She said she was going to use a 3D-printer.
Past perfect > past perfect	'I had lived there for twenty years,' he said.	He said that he had lived there for 20 years.

'I am not using the computer,' he said.

1. He said he had not used the computer.
2. He said he didn't use the computer.
3. He said he wasn't using the computer.