Indirect / Reported Speech

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Reported speech

At the end of this lesson you will: 

- Know the difference between direct and indirect / reported speech. 

- Know which types of words you need to change when rewriting from direct to indirect speech

- Have practised rewriting from direct to indirect speech.

Exercise one: Reading

Read the text you have been given, and highlight / underline each time someone says anything.

For example: 'My dad said, "don't be late!"

Or, 'My brother said that I had to hurry up'

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Reported Speech

• Direct Speech: ​  Something is said directly, sentence is between inverted commas "..."

• Reported/indirect speech: used to report something someone said

      Direct: Michelle said, "It is my car."

      Indirect: She said that it was her car.

Reported speech: present simple

Sarah: "The teacher is strict!"

Sarah said that the teacher was strict.

You use the PAST TENSE because the sentence has already been spoken/refers to the past.

CHANGES present simple

1) Verb: you go one tense back: present simple> past simple

2) You need to adjust the pronoun and possessive

Examples:

Susan said: ‘I love my dog!’
Susan said that she loved her dog.

He said: ‘I don’t spend much time on my phone'.

He said that he didn't spend much time on his phone.

Change from direct into indirect speech

1) 'I hate pizza with pineapple!'

Martin said ...

2)  'We do our homework every day.'

They said ...

Past simple

'We visited Australia two years ago.'

He said that...................................

'I ate an entire cake for breakfast!' 

Sarah said that.........................................................

CHANGES past simple

1) Verb: you go one tense back> past simple> past perfect (had + past participle=voltooid deelwoord)

2) You need to adjust the pronoun and possessive

Examples:

'We went to the park. '> She said that they had gone to the park.'

'She fell because the pavement was icy.''

They said that...............................

RECAP reported speech 

• Reported speech is used to report something someone said.

• You use the PAST TENSE because the sentence has already been spoken.

• Verb: you go one tense back: present simple> past simple

• past simple>past perfect

• You need to adjust the pronoun and possessive

Exercise one: Reading

Rewrite all the sentences you highlighted / underlined in the text you read earlier this lesson in indirect speech.

So instead of 'She said, "I'm going out"', write 'She said that

she was going to go out'.

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Exercise

Make groups of three.

1. The first person (A) tells the person left of them (B) something they will be doing in the future, or something they have done in the past. Use at least two words from Chapter 4's theme words.

2. Person B will now tell the person left of them (C) what person A told them in indirect speech.

Start your sentence with "he/she/they said that ..."

3. Now switch roles until everyone in your group has been A, B and C.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech: ''Was your sister concerned?'' she asked me.

Change to reported speech Fien: "I am going to give surfing a try ."

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

"I have been a fan for years", the man screamed.

Turn the sentence to indirect speech: ''Did this exceed your expectations?'', they asked me.

Website

https://www.engelsgemist.nl/indirect-speech/

Website

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/statements2.htm