AJ2425 Recap Reported Speech BNL2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

reported speech

Reporting verbs

There are many other verbs that can be used instead of "said". These reporting verbs have different structures, so be aware of how you use them.

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"Can I get you a drink?" In reported speech = The waiter asked......

1. if he can get me a drink.
2. if he could get me a drink.
3. whether he can get me a drink.
4. if I could get you a drink.

Choose the correct sentence in reported speech for: 'I can't find my hairbrush'. Gemma said...

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
4. Gemma said I can't find my hairbrush.

Turn into reported speech:
He said: “I have got a toothache”.

1. He said that I had got a toothache.
2. He said that he has got a toothache.
3. He said that he had got a toothache.
4. He said that you have got a toothache.

Turn into reported speech:
Teacher:"Rachel has never been to Philadelphia."

1. Rachel didn't go to Philadelphia.
2. Rachel couldn't go to Philadelphia.
3. The teacher said Rachel had never been to Philadelphia.
4. The teacher said that Rachel never went to Philadelphia.

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.

Reported speech of this sentence.
Tom says: "I slept in this morning."

1. Tom said that he had slept in that morning.
2. Tom said that he slept in that morning.
3. Tom said that he sleeps in this morning.
4. Tom said that I had slept in that morning.

Explain, in your own words, what reported statements are

Finished?

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