Reported speech - 3rd years

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

Today's lesson

Looking at reported speech 

(a.k.a indirect speech - indirecte rede) 

What is the difference? 

Direct speech - is what you hear someone saying. In writing, it is between  "......"

Indirect/Reported speech - is when listener tells the words on to a new person, so when the listener is reporting what someone else had said. 

Direct - "I love football," said Kate

Indirect - Kate said that she loved football.

Pronouns change

(Speaker - He, She or name of the person) said that (he, she)...

Direct speech - "I fancy a cup of tea," said Jane

Indirect speech - Jane said that she fancied a cup of tea.

Tenses change. 

What do you think the rule might be?  

John (Direct speech): " I am really hungry"

Amy (Reported speech): John said that he was really hungry.

John (Direct): "I am meeting Paul for dinner" 

Amy (Reported): John said he was meeting Paul for dinner. 

John (Direct): "I need something to eat now"

Amy (Reported): John said that he needed something to eat then. 

Backshift 

Present simple --------------------

Present continuous --------------

Present perfect --------------------

Present perfect continuous ----

Past simple -------------------------

Past continuous -------------------

Past perfect - stays the same

Past perfect continuous - stays the same

Past simple

Past continuous

Past perfect

Past perfect continuous

Past perfect

Past perfect continuous

Reported speech

Back shift: verbs become more past

Modal verbs (Direct vs Indirect)

Can becomes Could

Will become Would

Would stays as Would

Direct - "I can't go to school," said Tim

Indirect - Tim said that he couldn't go to school

Time and place in reported speech

Direct speech

Indirect speech = Reported speech

We use reported speech to:

1. To give someone an idea what the other person has said.
2. To quote people.
3. To tell someone what another person has said.

The correct answer is:

C

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

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

The correct answer is:

B

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

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

The correct answer is:

C

"I have taken the car"
She said that.....................the car.

1. had taken
2. she has taken
3. she had took
4. she had taken

The correct answer is:

D

"I have taken the car"
She said that.....................the car.

1. had taken
2. she has taken
3. she had took
4. she had taken

The correct answer is:

D

John: "I am watching Netflix"
He said that ....................Netflix

1. she was watching
2. he is watching
3. he was watching
4. he watched

The correct answer is:

C

"The film started at 8pm"
Jeff said that...................at 8pm

1. the film had started
2. the film has started
3. the film would start
4. the film started

The correct answer is:

A

Write the indirect/reported speech

1. Tracy said, 'I am really hungry' = Tracy said that ........

2. Joe said, 'I will get some food'

3. Tony said, 'It's getting dark outside'

4. Diana said, 'I haven't spoken to James'

5. Tom said, 'I can help you with your homework'

6. Molly said, 'I went shopping yesterday' 

The answers

1. Tracy said that she was really hungry.

2. Joe said that he would get some food.

3. Tony said, that it was getting dark outside.

4. Diana said, she hadn't spoken to James

5. Tom said that he could help me with my homework.

6. Molly said that she had gone shopping the day before. 

Questions in reported speech

"Is this the right way to the library?" asked the man

The man asked me if this was the right way to the library. 

"Who is that person?" asked Donna (the group)

Donna asked us who that person was

If you get a -wh question word, use it in the reported speech 

Write the questions in reported speech

1. "Can you type?" she asked (us).   She asked  .......................

2. "Have you seen David?" he asked (me). 

3. "Would you like some coffee?" he asked. 

4. "Will we get to the party on time?" asked Jenny. 

5. "Where is my umbrella?" she asked.

6. "Who is going to the party?" he asked  

The answers

1. She asked us if we could type.

2. He asked me is I had seen David. 

3. He asked you if you would have liked some coffee. 

4. Jenny asked if they would get to the party on time. 

5. She asked me where her umbrella was.

6. He asked who wasis going to the party.