Week 10: Reported Speech

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Today

Stone 6 

Reported Speech

Stone 6

Today

Reported Speech: 3 steps

Finish worksheet

Direct -> indirect

Synthia said, 'I saw the new Batman last night'

Step 1

Synthia said, 'I saw the new Batman last night'

Step 1: ??

Step 1

Synthia said, 'I saw the new Batman last night'

Step 1: Remove the comma, remove the quotations marks, add 'that'.

Step 1

Synthia said, 'I saw the new Batman last night'

Step 1: Remove the comma, remove the quotations marks, add 'that'.

Synthia said that I saw the new Batman last night

Step 2: ??

Step 2

Synthia said, 'I saw the new Batman last night'

Step 1: Remove the comma, remove the quotations marks, add 'that'.

Synthia said that I saw the new Batman last night

Step 2: Backshift the verb 

Backshifting

Step 2

Synthia said, 'I saw the new Batman last night'

Step 1: Remove the comma, remove the quotations marks, add 'that'.

Step 2: Backshift the verb 

Synthia said that I had seen the new Batman last night

Step 3:??

Step 3

Synthia said, 'I saw the new Batman last night'

Step 1: Remove the comma, remove the quotations marks, add 'that'.

Step 2: Backshift the verb 

Synthia said that I had seen the new Batman last night

Step 3: Change the point-of-view words

Modals

Step 3

Synthia said, 'I saw the new Batman last night'

• Step 1: Remove the comma, remove the quotations marks,     add 'that'.
• Step 2: Backshift the verb 
• Step 3: Change the point-of-view words

Synthia said that she had seen the new Batman the night before

Worksheet

Do exercises 1-5 of the worksheet to practice writing reported speech

Finished? Do exercise 51abc of your book

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