Recap reported speech and instruction rep. questions/imperatives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today's focus

Recap on reported speech 

Look at reported questions and imperatives

What can you remember about reported speech from last week?

Reported speech: verb changes (the ones we need)

CHANGE

NO CHANGE

Present simple > Past simple

Present continuous > Past continuous

Present perfect > Past perfect 

Past simple > Past perfect 

can > could 

will > would

must > had to

would > would

should > should

mustn't > mustn't

Kim "I'll get some veggie burgers for the bbq"

Kim said that she ..........................some veggie burgers for the bbq.

1. will get
2. won't get
3. would got
4. would get

Jan "I have finished my book"
Jan said that ...............................

1. he had finished my book
2. he has finished my book
3. he had finished his book
4. he has finished his book

What is the 'direct message'
He said he had seen her the night before

1. he said: 'I saw her yesterday'
2. he said: "I see her today"
3. he said: "I will see her tomorrow night"
4. he said: "I have seen her yesterday"

Reported questions 

Direct question: "When are you going on holiday?"

Reported question: She asked when I was going on holiday.

Direct:"Are you related?"

Reported: He asked if/whether we were related.

Direct: "Who is that man?"

Reported: She asked who the man was.

What is the word order for the reported question? 

How old are you?
Reported speech of this question is ...

1. He asked how old was I
2. He asked how old are you
3. He asked how old I was
4. He asked how old am I

When will they arrive? In reported speech = Kate asked.....

1. when they will arrive
2. when they would arrive
3. when will they arrive
4. when would they arrive

Can I get you a drink? In reported speech = The waiter asked......

1. if he can get me a drink
2. if he could get me a drink
3. if he a drink could get me
4. if could he get me a drink

Turn the question into a reported question
"Has it rained?"
He ......................

Imperatives are:

Commands: Keep quiet!

Requests: Please close the window

Advice: Go and lie down

Suggestions: Take the test next year instead

This is the structure that we use:

Reported Speech Imperatives

Structure: reporting verb (e.g. ask, tell) + noun/pronoun + to infinitive

Example: She asked me to come later

Polite Request

advise

urge

ask

remind

request

beg

*suggest

Orders

tell

order

instruct

command

forbid

*demand

*insist

What is the difference between a question and imperative in reported speech?

Tom "Can I sit here?"

Tom asked if/whether he could sit there.

Jenny "Stand up straight!"

Jenny told me to stand up straight.

"Pay attention" in reported speech =
She told us...............................

Lizzy: "Did you see the latest Batman film?"
Lizzy asked me............................

continue with:

SB page 77 exercise 1,2

SB page 78 read the story exercise 1

SB page 79 vocabulary exercise 1,2,3,4,5