grammar clinic: reported speech

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Grammar Exam

Year 1 on Thursday 8th April 2021 from 9:00-11:00

Register from Monday 22nd February 2021

Registration ends on Monday 8th March 2021 at 18:00

For some of you this will be your last opportunity to do it this year!!

Is this an example of reported speech?
She said she had been working too hard.

1. Yes
2. No

Is this an example of reported speech?
My friend said: "I had a great holiday!"

1. Yes
2. No

Is this an example of reported speech?
The teacher told us to open our books

1. Yes
2. No

What happens to verb tenses in reported speech?

1. they always shift back one tense.
2. They shift back one tense if this is possible
3. Nothing happens to them
4. They change from singular to plural form.

Turn into reported speech:
Julie: "I want to go out."

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.

Rewrite in reported speech: 'Today has been the worst day of my life,' admitted Ella.

1. Ella admitted (that) that day had been the worst day of her life.
2. Ella admitted (that) today has been the worst day of my life.
3. Ella admitted (that) that day has been the worst day of her life.
4. Ella admitted (that) today had been the worst day of her life.

Turn into reported speech:
She said to me, “You are my only friend.”

1. She told me that you were my only friend
2. She told you that I am her only friend.
3. She told me that she was my only friend.
4. She told me that I was her only friend.

Kies de juiste zin in reported speech voor: 'I can't find my hairbrush'

1. Gemma said I couldn't find my hairbrush.
2. Gemma said she can't find her hairbrush
3. Gemma said she couldn't find her hairbrush

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.

De stappen bij het maken van indirecte vragen zijn dus: 

- Zet werkwoordstijden één stap terug in de tijd als dat kan. 

- Draai onderwerp en persoonsvorm om of haal do / did weg uit de vraag. 

- Verander persoonlijke en bezittelijke voornaamwoorden

- Verander bepalingen van plaats en tijd. 

Do we use question marks in reported questions?

1. Yes
2. No

Do we use the auxiliary verb (hulpwerkwoord) do or did in reported questions?

1. Yes
2. No

Rewrite to reported speech:
"Are you tired?"

1. He asked if I am tired
2. He asked if I was tired
3. He asked am I tired?
4. He asked if you are tired.

Rewrite to reported speech:
"Do you think the weather will be nice today?"

1. He asked if I did think the weather would be nice that day.
2. He asked if I thought the weather would be nice today.
3. He asked if I thought the weather would be nice that day?
4. He asked if I thought the weather would be nice that day.

Rewrite to reported speech:
"Have you ever met anyone famous?"

1. He asked have you ever met anyone famous.
2. He asked me weather I had ever met anyone famous
3. He asked me whether I had ever met anyone famous.
4. He asked me whether I did ever meet anyone famous

"Who did you meet last night?"

1. She asked me who I had met the previous night
2. She asked me who had I met the previous night
3. She asked me who I did meet last night
4. She asked me who I had met last night

Turn into reported speech:
She said to me, “You are my only friend.”

1. She told me that you were my only friend
2. She told you that I am her only friend.
3. She told me that she was my only friend.
4. She told me that I was her only friend.

Well done!