Reported Speech and Questions (Year 2)
Reported Speech and Questions
I can say what someone else said in the past.
Lesson duration is: 20 minItems in this lesson
Reported Speech and Questions
I can say what someone else said in the past.
Complete the sentences:
She said Mary ___ a little lamb.
Complete the sentences:
The teacher said Joseph ___ home early.
Complete the sentences:
Michelle mentioned that she always ___ to school.
Complete the sentences:
Peter promised she ___ him.
What you have just done
Is called reported speech.
What you do is you report (say, mention, tell) what someone else has said or done.
It's different from direct speech.
Direct speech = what someone says.
Reported speech = what somebody else said or asked.
Examples:
Direct
Reported
"I like school."
"Mike wants to meet a famous person."
"We are going on a holiday now."
"I will give you a call tonight."
He said he liked school.
They told us Mike wanted to meet a famous person.
They said they were going on a holiday then.
He promised he would give me a call that night.
Look at the differences
Direct
Reported
"I like school."
"Mike wants to meet a famous person."
"We are going on a holiday here."
"I will give you a call tonight."
He said he liked school.
They told us Mike wanted to meet a famous person.
They said they were going on a holiday there.
He promised he would give me a call that night.
First, the verb
The tense of the original verb goes back one place in the past:
present simple
present continuous
am/are/is going to
will
can
must / have to
past simple
past continuous
was/were going to
would
could
had to
Mini practice
"I want to be famous."
Janice said she ___ to be famous."We have to go!"
They said they ___ to go."Michael vapes too much."
Yesterday she mentioned Michael ___ too much."Paula isn't pregnant."
I told them Paula ___ pregnant."It can be a mistake."
He said it ___ be a mistake.
Mini practice
"I want to be famous."
Janice said she wanted to be famous."We have to go!"
They said they had to go."Michael vapes too much."
Yesterday she mentioned Michael vaped too much."Paula isn't pregnant."
I told them Paula wasn't pregnant."It can be a mistake."
He said it could be a mistake.
But what about questions?
"What are you reading?"
"When will we get there?"
"Do you know him?"
Similar idea!
"What are you reading?"
He asked me what
"When will we get there?"
She asked him when
"Do you know him?"
They asked her if / whether
With wh-questions, repeat the wh-word
With yes/no-questions, you don't do this. You start with if / whether
Similar idea!
"What are you reading?"
He asked me what I was reading.
"When will they get there?"
She asked him when they would get there.
"Do you know him?"
They asked her if / whether she knew him.
Follow the steps for reported speech.
But beware, you go from a question to a normal sentence...
Mini practice 2
"Did you like me as a kid?"
Michelle asked me if ___ as a kid."Can you work a bit harder?"
He asked her if ___ a bit harder."What are you listening to?"
I asked him what ___ to."Why have you lied to me?"
She asked me why ___ lied to her.
Mini practice 2
"Did you like me as a kid?"
Michelle asked me if I liked her as a kid."Can you work a bit harder?"
He asked her if she could work a bit harder."What are you listening to?"
I asked him what he was listening to."Why have you lied to me?"
She asked me why I had lied to her.
I think I understand how to report what someone has said.
Yes
Not yet
