Recap Reported Speech V4

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Quick recap: reported speech
Direct speech: when someone speaks directly to you
Indirect/reported speech: when you report to a third person what was said to you

Direct: William said, "I am heir to the throne."
Indirect: William said (that) he was heir to the throne.

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Remember how it works?
When turning direct speech into indirect speech we use 
back shifting -->we move to the nearest past tense on the timeline

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What changes and how? (3 things)
Direct: John said, "I will see you tomorrow.
Indirect: John said (that) he would see me the next day.

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Three steps

1.  Identify the tense
         2. Change the pronouns
                          3. Change the time expressions

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Let's revise some more:

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What is the correct reported speech form of:
"You have bought a pink Nissan Figaro"

The message said they ...
A
...had bought a pink Nissan Figaro
B
...have bought a pink Nissan Figaro.
C
...bought a pink Nissan Figaro
D
...were buying a pink Nissan Figaro.

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What is the correct reported speech form of:
"We can't understand it"

They said they ...
A
...hadn't understood it.
B
...couldn't understand it.
C
...couldn't understood it.
D
...weren't understanding it.

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What is the correct reported speech form of:
"I'll advertise the car again"

Mr Neal said...
A
...they had advertised the car again.
B
...they will advertise the car again.
C
...they were advertising the car again.
D
...he would advertise the car again.

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Jim said, "I work here every day."
A
Jim said that he works here every day."
B
Jim said that he works there every day."
C
Jim said that he worked here everyday."
D
Jim said that he worked there everyday."

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"He will come tomorrow".
She told me that he ________ tomorrow.
A
is coming
B
will come
C
would come

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"I can see the clouds.".
He told me that she ________ the clouds.
A
can see
B
could see
C
can saw
D
could saw

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"My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow".
He told me that his mother ________ the bus to work tomorrow.
A
is taking
B
was taking
C
will take

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Julie: "I want to go out".
INDIRECT SPEECH
A
Julie said that I want to go out
B
Julie said that she want to go out.
C
Julie said that she wanted to go out.
D
Julie said that she had wanted to go out.

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My cousins: "We worked all night".
INDIRECT SPEECH
A
My cousins said that we worked all night.
B
My cousins said they had worked all night.
C
My cousins said they worked all night.

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Turn into indirect speech:
Peter said to John: "Why are you so late?"
A
Peter asked to John why he so late was
B
Peter asked John how late he was
C
Peter asked John when he was late
D
Peter asked John why he was so late

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Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
''Where is your sister?'' she asked me.

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Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
''Have you seen enough?'', they asked me.

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Turn the sentence to indirect speech:
''I never make mistakes'', he said.

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Reported speech:
She asked me what I was doing in London.
What were the girl's real words?

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Reported thought:
I knew I'd seen her somewhere before.
What were my real-time thoughts?

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Reporting verbs
Reporting verbs are used to report what someone has said. Besides say and tell, there are many other options:

Pay attention: the patterns that follow these verbs are different!

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1 verb + infinitive: 
agree, claim, decide, offer, promise, refuse, threaten

- We refused to buy another ticket

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2 verb + object + infinitive: 
advise, beg, encourage, invite, order, permit, persuade, remind, tell, warn, urge

- The teacher encouraged him to do his homework.

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3 verb (+that) + clause: 
accept, admit, claim, doubt, explain, promise, recommend, say, suggest, announce

- He claimed (that) he was overcharged at the restaurant.

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4 verb+object+(that)+ clause: 
promise, remind, tell, warn

- They promised me  (that) they would pick me up.

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5 verb + ing: 
admit, deny, recommend, regret, suggest

She admitted cheating in the exam!

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6 verb + preposition + ing: 
apologise for, insist on, object to

 - He insisted on picking her up after the concert.  

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7 verb+object+preposition+ ing: 
accuse someone of, blame someone for, congratulate someone ON, discourage someone from, forgive someone for

- They congratulated her on winning the prize.

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8 verb + wh-word + infinitive: 
describe, explain, know, wonder

- The pupils knew what to do when the fire broke out.

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9 verb+object+wh-word + infinitive: 

ask, remind, tell
- The coach reminded them where to go for the match.

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Now you have a go!
Go to the next slide, click on the link and do the gap fill exercise on reporting verbs!
http://reportspeech.weebly.com/reporting-verbs-and-verb-patterns.html

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