Reported Speech

Indirect / Reported Speech
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Indirect / Reported Speech

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Unit 5

Unit 5
Tomorrow a "Test"
Grammar: Reported speech + vocab

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Slide 3 - Video

direct/real speech
Present simple
"I am a student"
Present continuous 
"I am going home"
Present perfect
"I have lived here since.."
Past simple
"Jen moved last year"
Modals
"Mark will help us."
indirect/reported speech
Past simple
She told me (that) she was a student.
Past continuous
She said (that) she was going home.
Past perfect
They said (that) they had lived here...
Past perfect
We said  (that) Jen had moved last ...
Modals
"Mark said  (that) he would help us."

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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?

Slide 6 - Open question

Reporting verbs
You can start your reported speech/thought with a variety of verbs:
I thought I...
She said that...
He asked ...

They can change the tone/purpose of the sentence.

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'Can you help me?' she said to me.
'Don't forget to post the letter,' he said to her.
'I really work hard for my exams,' she said.
'Come to my party,' he said to me.
'You really must go travelling. You'd love it,' she said to me.
'I'll give you a lift to the airport,' he said to me.
'I've been very busy,' she said.
'I'm not sure about this job.' 'Go on! Apply for it! You'd be good at it,' he said. 'OK, I will,' I replied.
invite
persuade
explain
promise
ask
remind
offer
encourage

Slide 8 - Drag question

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.

Slide 9 - Quiz

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.

Slide 10 - Quiz

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.

Slide 11 - Quiz