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

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 4 - Quiz

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

Slide 5 - 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 6 - Quiz

"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
D
will be taking

Slide 7 - 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 8 - 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.
D
My cousins said that they were working all night.

Slide 9 - Quiz

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

Slide 10 - Quiz

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

Slide 11 - Open question

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

Slide 12 - Open question

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

Slide 13 - Open question

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

Slide 14 - Open question

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

Slide 15 - 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 16 - Drag question

Slide 17 - Link