Direct / Indirect Speech

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 Direct/Indirect Speech

We gebruiken indirect speech om op een later tijdstip te herhalen wat wij zelf hebben gezegd, of wat iemand anders heeft gezegd. 

Direct speech:
"We are trying to pay attention!"

Indirect speech: 
They said (that) they were trying to pay attention. 

Kijk op de volgende slide goed naar de twee zinnen (direct en indirect) en wat er in een andere kleur is geschreven. 

Probeer alvast de volgende vragen te beantwoorden voor jezelf: 

- Wat gebeurt er met de werkwoorden? 

- Wat gebeurt er met voornaamwoorden? (I,you, us, his, her, our) 

- wat gebeurt er met bijwoorden van plaats en tijd?

De tijden veranderen

- Present simple                --> Past simple

- Present continuous      --> Past continuous

- Present perfect               --> Past perfect

- Past simple                        --> Past perfect 

Maak nu een voorbeeld met ''to work'' 

De tijden veranderen

                                               I said that I.....

- I work                               --> worked

- I am working                --> was working

- I have worked              --> had worked

- I worked                         --> had worked 

Which is correct? "I'm working hard." He said....

A

...that he is working hard .

B

...that he was working hard.

C

...that he works hard.

D

...that he worked hard .

Which is correct? "I haven't seen him since last night." She said...

A

she hadn't seen him since the previous night.

B

she hadn't seen him since last night

C

she hasn't seen us since the previous night

D

she hasn't seen him since the previous night.

"Yeah, I think Max is an incredible driver."

A

Direct speech

B

Indirect speech

C

D

Direct or Indirect? The chauffeur said: "Get in!"

A

Direct Speech

B

Indirect Speech

C

D

Choose the correct answer: 1. The students asked: "Can we leave now?" 2. The students asked if they could leave.

A

1= direct speech, 2= indirect speech

B

1= indirect speech, 2= direct speech

C

1 and 2 are both indirect speech

D

1 and 2 are both direct speech

Now try this one.... "I haven't finished my homework yet." He said (that) ....

"I am tired because I have been working too hard." She said (that)....

I know the difference between direct and reported speech

A

Yes

B

No

C

Sort of

D

I know which words I need to change when rewriting from direct to indirect speech

A

Yes

B

No

C

Sort of

D

Yes, but I need more practice.

Still hard? 

Watch the video on the next slide and see if it helps. 

On the slide after that, there are some more exercises. The link takes you to a page with quite a bit of choice.

Website

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm