Unit 13.2 - Reported Speech

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While I check attendance, share & talk about your May break = what's something you did that you enjoyed?

  • Goal: You can use the grammar rules to change sentences from direct to reported speech
  • Do: Exc. 3, 4, 7 (COP, p. 112-113)
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Welcome back!
Need: Cambridge Proficiency, notebook

While I check attendance, share & talk about your May break = what's something you did that you enjoyed?

  • Goal: You can use the grammar rules to change sentences from direct to reported speech
  • Do: Exc. 3, 4, 7 (COP, p. 112-113)

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Back shifting - tenses

I get to school at 8 o'clock.
She said she got to school at 8 o'clock.
Present Simple → Past Simple

He is telling a lie 
She said that he was telling a lie
Present Continuous → Past Continuous

He has told a lie 
She said that he had told a lie
Present Perfect → Past Perfect 


He told a lie                                        
She said that he had told a lie 
Past Simple → Past Perfect 

He was telling a lie                          
She said that he had been telling a lie 
Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous  

He had told a lie                               
She said that he had told a lie 
Past perfect → Past Perfect  

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Backshifting - Modals
He will tell a lie                She said that he would tell a lie
Will → would
He can tell a lie               She said that he could tell a lie
Can →could
He should tell a lie         She said that he should tell a lie
Should →should / should have + past participle

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

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Step by step guide
Step 1: Find the verb and change it to the past.
Step 2: Change the pronouns and time.
Step 3: Add the word ''that'' behind ''said''.
Step 4: Change the subject if necessary.

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

She said, "I will come here after class."
1. Statement - so we use say or tell
2. will come - would come
3. I - she
4. here - there

She said that she would come there after class.
She told me that she would come there after class.

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"I was on holiday last week", he told us. 
1. Statement - told
2. was - had been
3. I - he
4. last week - the previous week

He told us he had been on holiday the previous week.

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Practise: Reported Speech
You will change direct speech into reported speech

Example: 
'I want to make it crystal clear to everyone just exactly 
what's expected'.
She clarified exactly what was expected. 

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1. "I was waiting for the bus when he arrived."
She told me

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2. "I'd never been there before".
She said...

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3. “I didn’t go to the party.”
She told me

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4. “I hadn’t travelled by underground before I came to London.”
She said

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5. “They would help if they could.”
They said

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6. “I’ll do the washing-up later.”
She told me

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7. “He could read when he was three.”
He said

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8. “Do you work in London?”
She asked

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9. “Could you tell me where the post office is?”
She asked

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10. “Would you bring me a cup of coffee, please?”
She asked

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11. “Tidy your room!”
She ordered me

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12. “Why did you go out last night?”
She asked me

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13. “Where will you live after graduation?”
She asked me

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14. “We went out last night”
She told me

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15. “I’m coming!”
She said

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'You have to toe the line.'
She said

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'I hope I don't have to refer to this again.'
She hoped ......

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