Indirect speech 5H

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome!

Road map

• BBC One minute world news
• Grammar: Indirect Speech
• Work on assignments

Lesson Goal

At the end of this class you can describe:

- what indirect speech is

- how the different tenses are affect when direct speech is changed to indirect/reported speech.

Imporant because:

you can use the techniques in your letters and essays (Part of the 5H PTA). 

BBC One minute world news

• Watch the clip
• What are the two/three topics that are being discussed? 
• What is your idea/opinion about ..... 

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Indirect speech

direct speech:

Johnny says, 'I am working late tonight'. 

'I will give him a lift to the station tomorrow', Tanya said. 

indirect speech: (it is a couple of days later)

Johnny said (that) he was working that night

Tanya said (that) she would give him a lift to the station the next day/the day after/the following day. 

Direct to Indirect speech

So what happens?

• tense is further back 
• pronouns often  change 
• references to time and place often change

Similar to Dutch

Tenses

Simple present in direct speech John said,  'I know where she is'

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Simple past in indirect speech 'John told me (that) he knew where she was'

Tenses

Present continuous in direct speech: I am waiting for the bus

wordt

past continuous: She told me she was waiting for the bus. 

Tenses

Simple past in direct speech: He said, 'They left for London last week'.

wordt

past perfect in indirect speech: He said that they had left for London last week. 

Tenses

Present perfect in direct speech: Mother said, 'Mary has lost her bracelet'.

wordt

past perfect in indirect speech: Morther said that Mary had lost her bracelet. 

Tenses

(Present) perfect continuous in direct speech: He said, 'I have been painting a lovely picture'.

wordt

Past perfect continuous in indirect speech: He said that he had been painting a lovely picture. 

Tenses

Future (present) in direct speech: Mr Darcy says, 'I shall conquer this'. 

wordt 

Past Future in indirect speech: Mr Darcy said that he would conquer that. 

Tenses

(Present) future continuous in direct speech: Marlon said, 'I shall (will) be doing my homework this evening'.

wordt

Past future continous in indirect speech: Marlon said that he would be doing his homework that evening. 

Pay attention

• you can inverse the 'mother said' - part, but not when you're using a pronoun (not: said he, said I)
• Shall and should are only used with I and we!
• All kinds of references to objects, time, and place may change form (see GRO, p. 65). 

Get thee to work!

• Do the assignments on Learnbeat belonging to the Laff box text
• Do assignments 1, 2, 3 on Learnbeat belonging to GRO ch. 4 
• Select a book and start reading!

Looking ahead

Tuesday 31/08: Do the assignments on the Alquin text Laff box

Thursday 02/09: Finish assignments 4.1-3 GRO exercise book. 

Black Story

A woman is standing right in front of a hotel. A couple of steps forward and she will be completely ruined. 

What is going on?

Judith was playing monopoly. Her piece was just two squares away form Park Lane with its rows of hotels (Dutch variety = De Kalverstraat). If she had thrown a double one on her next turn, it would have bankrupted her.