Indirect / Reported Speech

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Reported Speech
  • Reported speech = Indirect Speech
  • Direct Speech: 

      Something is said directly, sentence is between inverted commas "..."


      Direct: June said, "It is my car."
      Indirect: June said that it was her car.

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Slide 3 - Slide

Fixed change in tenses 
Direct speech: present simple --> reported speech past simple
Direct speech: past simple --> reported speech: past perfect
Know your tenses!!!  

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We don't change the tense when: 
1) the reporting verb (say, tell, ask, etc) is in the present or present perfect
2) reporting a verb in the past perfect or would, could, should or had better

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Changes in words referring to time!!
Today =>On that day 
 Now =>Then 
Tomorrow=> the day after / the following day
Yesterday = > the day before / the preceding day 
Two days ago => Two days before / the preceding days 
Four months ago=> Four months before / the preceding 4 months 
Last Monday morning => The Monday morning before/ the preceding Monday in the morning
Next week=> the week after / the following week
Two days later => In two days                              Two years later => In two years
A month later => In a month

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Changes in words referring to people!!
e.g.: 
I --> he / she               we --> they

Direct speech: I will go there
Indirect/reported: She said (that) she would go there

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Changes in words referring to places!!
This => that   
These =>those
Here => there 

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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."

Slide 9 - Quiz

"He will come tomorrow".
She told me that he ________ tomorrow.
A
will come the day after
B
will come tomorrow
C
would come the day after
D
would come tomorrow

Slide 10 - Quiz

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

Slide 11 - Quiz

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

Slide 12 - Quiz

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.

Slide 13 - Quiz

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.

Slide 14 - Quiz

Turn into indirect speech:
Peter asked 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

Slide 15 - Quiz

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

Slide 16 - Open question

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

Slide 17 - Open question

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

Slide 18 - Open question

Change to reported speech
Fien: "I am watching Netflix."

Slide 19 - Open question

"I have been watching you", the man whispered.

Slide 20 - Open question

had to
the next day
they
in two days' time
this week
last night
'must' changes to _____ in reported speech.
'tomorrow' changes to ______ in reported speech.
The personal pronoun 'we' changes to _______ in reported speech.
'the day after tomorrow' changes to ______ in reported speech.
the night before, Thursday night
that week, last week

Slide 21 - Drag question

Rewrite to reported speech:
'I can't find my hairbrush.'
A
Gemma said I couldn't find my hairbrush.
B
Gemma said she can't find her hairbrush
C
Gemma said she couldn't find her hairbrush

Slide 22 - Quiz

Rewrite in reported speech:
"I have a toothache."
A
He said that I had a toothache.
B
He said that he has a toothache.
C
He said that he had a toothache.
D
he said that you have a toothache

Slide 23 - Quiz

Rewrite to reported speech:
Julie: "I want to go out."

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.

Slide 24 - Quiz

Reported speech of this sentence.
Tom "I slept in this morning"
A
Tom said that he slept in that morning
B
Tom said that he had slept in that morning
C
Tom said that he wanted to sleep in this morning
D
Tom said that I had slept in that morning

Slide 25 - Quiz

Rewrite to reported speech:
"Are you tired?"
A
He asked if I am tired
B
He asked if I was tired
C
He asked am I tired?
D
He asked if you are tired.

Slide 26 - Quiz

Reported speech: Original sentence in the past simple, reported _________.
A
past simple
B
past perfect
C
past continuous

Slide 27 - Quiz

For reported speech, if the original sentence is in the present simple, you use ___________ in reported speech.
A
Present simple
B
Past simple
C
Past continuous
D
Past perfect

Slide 28 - Quiz

I understand how the Reported Speech works.
I can use it!
A
Yes
B
No
C
Almost

Slide 29 - Quiz