V3 P2 W8 indirect speech

Get out your books

Put away your phone

Put your bag on the floor

During this lesson

 indirect speech

test yourself

indirect speech

Jim said that he didn't like reading.

They told me that I could use a dictionary.

Peter mentioned that he had waited an hour for Jessica.

What is the rule?

We don't like shopping --> They said they didn't like shopping

I am not talking to you! --> He yelled that he was not talking to me.

I walked all this way in the rain. --> She said that she had walked all that way in the rain.

What is the rule?

We don't like shopping --> They said they didn't like shopping

I am not talking to you! --> He yelled that he was not talking to me.

I walked all this way in the rain. --> She said that she had walked all that way in the rain.

They: we will be home soon

1. They said that they will be home soon
2. They said that they would be home soon

Liz: 'your performance was really great!'

1. Liz mentioned that my performance was really great
2. Liz mentioned that my performance had been really great

my aunt: 'I will visit you soon.'

1. My aunt said that she will visit me soon
2. My aunt said that she would visit me soon
3. My aunt said that she will visit you soon
4. My aunt said that she would visit you soon

Jim:'I laid my book on that table'

1. Jim told me that he laid your book on that table
2. Jim told me that he laid his book on that table
3. Jim told me that he had laid your book on that table
4. Jim told me that he had laid his book on that table

Rewrite the sentence to indirect speech:
guests: 'your restaurant is the best in town!'

Rewrite the sentence to indirect speech:
the author: 'I spent almost five years writing this story.'

Rewrite the sentence to indirect speech:
the reporter: 'a disaster has taken place in Japan'