Herhaling Grammar H5 Indirect speech en present perfect

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Direct and indirect speech

Reported Speech

Directe Rede/ Direct Speech:  She always said "I love watching football"

Indirecte Rede / Indirect Speech: My grandmother always said that she loved watching football

Graham said (that) he was very worried.

In indirect speech gaat de tijd één stap terug in het verleden

Indirect Speech

Grammar 1: indirect speech

• How do you write a sentence in indirect speech?

1. Your indirect speech sentence should look like this: 
   name/personal pronoun + said/told (that) + what was said
2. Look at the original sentence. Which tense is it written in?
3. Now that you know the tense, which tense should you use for the indirect speech sentence?

STAPJE TERUG IN DE TIJD

DIRECT SPEECH                                     INDIRECT SPEECH

present simple                   ----->        past simple

present continuous         ----->        past continuous

past simple                          ----->        past perfect

Stapje terug in de tijd

I work -> I worked

I am working -> I was working

I worked  -> I had worked

Past Perfect

Had + voltooid deelwoord

1. I watched TV after I had done my homework.
   
2. After he had signed a contract, he started his training again.
   

Past Perfect

Past Simple vs. Past Perfect

We                           away the flowers that we

had given

gave

had received

received

Yesterday a boy                                the snowman that we

had destroyed

destroyed

had built

built

Hoe weet je welke van de twee tijden je moet gebruiken?

Past Perfect

Had + voltooid deelwoord

1. I watched TV after I had done my homework.
   
2. After he had signed a contract, he started his training again.
   

Indirect speech: stapje terug in de tijd

DIRECT SPEECH                                     INDIRECT SPEECH

present simple                   ----->        past simple

present continuous         ----->        past continuous

past simple                          ----->        past perfect