Grammar direct/indirect speech

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Ondersteboven draaien. 

Today

After today you can understand specific information in simple texts (A2). 

After today you can talk about inventions and new ideas. (A2). 

• Reading: the boy in the striped pyjamas chapter 13. 
• Grammar instruction. 
• Time to work on the exercises yourself. 

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The boy in the striped pyjamas

1. What's the setting of chapter 13? 
2. Why does Bruno fill up his pockets with bread and cheese before going on his walk? 
3. How do Bruno and Shmuel feel about soldiers? 

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Grammar: instruction

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Grammar: instruction

• Direct speech: letterlijk weergeven wat iemand heeft gezegd. 

"You have to buy this brand new smartphone", he said. 

"I am going to go the swimming pool this afternoon", my sister said. 

• Indirect speech: beschrijven wat iemand heeft gezegd. 

He said that I had to buy this brand new smartphone. 

My sister said that she was going to go the swimming pool 

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Grammar: instruction

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	Direct speech	Indirect speech
Present simple --> Past simple	"I use my computer at home", she said.	She said that she used her computer at home.
Past simple --> Past perfect	"We bought an electric car", they said.	They said that they had bought an electric car.
Present continuous --> Past continuous	"I am typing an e-mail", she said.	She said that she was typing an e-mail.
Present perfect --> Past perfect	"I have seen the fancy new phone", he said.	He said that he had seen the fancy new 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 + going to	I am going to use the 3D printer, she said.	She said that she was going to use the 3D printer.
Past perfect --> Past perfect	"I had lived there for twenty years", he said.	He said that he had lived there for twenty years.

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Let's practise 

1. "It has been too long since I have played this game", my brother said.  
2. My brother said it had been too long since he had played this game. 

1. "Who is talking to you on the computer?", my mother asked. 
2. My mother asked who was talking to me on the computer. 

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Do it yourself 

Complete the worksheet. 

Time: 10 minutes. 

Voice level: first five minutes in silence. 

Need help? Raise your hand. 

Finished early? Complete the wordsearch. 

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Rounding off 

Do you know the difference between direct and indirect speech? (A2) 

• Ask the person next to you one of the questions you came up with in exercise 2 of the worksheet. Write their answer down with the use of indirect speech. 

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