indirect speech

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Direct and indirect speech

Direct vs Indirect Speech

Directe Rede/ Direct Speech:  She always said "I love watching football"

Indirecte Rede / Indirect Speech: My grandmother always said that she loved watching football

Graham said (that) he was very worried.

In indirect speech gaat de tijd één stap terug in het verleden

Indirect Speech

How do you write a sentence in indirect speech?

1. Your indirect speech sentence should look like this: 
   name/personal pronoun + said/told (that) + what was said
2. Look at the original sentence. Which tense is it written in?
3. Now that you know the tense, which tense should you use for the indirect speech sentence?

STAPJE TERUG IN DE TIJD

DIRECT SPEECH                                     INDIRECT SPEECH

present simple                   ----->        past simple

present continuous         ----->        past continuous

past simple                          ----->        past perfect

Stapje terug in de tijd

I work -> I worked

I am working -> I was working

I worked  -> I had worked

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.

Indirect Speech:
He: "It is snowing."

1. He said that it was snowing.
2. He said that it is snowing.

Gebruik: Indirect speech
Jay: “I like sandwiches!”

1. Jay said that he like sandwiches
2. Jay said that he likes sandwiches
3. Jay said that he liked sandwiches
4. Jay said that he did not like sandwiches.

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.

Independent work

Task 1

Unit 4.5 do ex 5 in your book OR online

Prepare for the book test:

Read your book and write a summary

Task 2: choose one of the following:

OR

Prepare for the unit 4 test:

do Test yourself unit 4 (online)

(Extra grammar practise can be done on It'sLearning)