Reported speech Y3

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome H3

Please grab your book and check where you left off.

15 minutes of silent reading

Today's planning

To do: 

Reported speech (roddelen)

Goals: 

* You know what reported speech is 

* You know how to change the tenses using 

   reported speech

Reported speech

To report what someone has said.

Change of: 

• Tense
• Personal pronouns + possesive adjectives
• Time indicators (today/ the day before)

Pronouns & possessive adjectives

Deze woorden veranderen soms mee in de reported speech.

Enzo: 'My friends are waiting for me.'

Enzo said that his friends were waiting for him.

Tijden/plaatsen

Tijd en plaats indicaties veranderen ook mee:

this evening/today = that evening/day

tomorrow/next week = the next day/the following week.

yesterday/last Sunday = the previous day/Sunday

here = there

Present simple > Past simple

Als je de present simple gebruikte in Direct speech, 

dan zal dit bij reported speech veranderen in de past simple.

Voorbeeld:

Amir: 'I want a sandwich.'  <-----direct speech     (present simple)

Amir said (that) he wanted a sandwich. <-----reported speech    (past simple)

Past simple > Past perfect

De past simple  zal in reported speech veranderen in de past perfect.

Voorbeeld:

Petra: 'I saw Nick at the cinema.' <-----direct speech  (past simple)

Petra said (that) she had seen Nick at the cinema. <-----reported speech                                                                                                                                 (past perfect)

Present continuous > Past continuous.

De present continuous zal veranderen in de past continuous.

Voorbeeld:

Sofia: 'The TV isn't working.' <-----direct speech (present continuous)

Sofia said (that) the TV wasn't working. <-----reported speech                                                                                                                              (past continuous)

Present perfect > Past perfect

De present perfect zal de Past perfect worden. (Had + voltooid deelwoord)

 

Voorbeeld:

Daniel: 'The plane hasn't landed.' <-----direct speech (present perfect)

Daniel said that the plane hadn't landed. <-----reported speech                                                                                                                                     (past perfect)

Can > Could

Can verandert bij reported speech in could.

Voorbeeld:

Yasmin: 'They can't sing very well.' <-----direct speech (can)

Yasmin told us that they couldn't sing very well. <-----reported speech                                                                                                                                (could)

Will > Would

Will verandert bij reported speech in would.

Voorbeeld:

Oliver: 'I will help with the cooking.' <-----direct speech (will)

Oliver said that he would help with the cooking. <-----reported speech                                                                                                                                 (would)

Question 1/5 The mother asked him, "Why are your clothes so dirty?"

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your
answer was correct.

NB: no quotation marks!

Answer question 1:

The mother asked him why his clothes were so dirty. 

Question 2/5 Bill said, "I'll take the car because I am late."

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your

answer was correct.

NB: modal verb

Answer question 2:

Bill said (that) he would take the car because he was late.

Question 3/5 She told the police, "I have heard strange noises during the night."

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your

answer was correct.

Answer question 3

She told the police (that) she had heard strange noises during the night.

4/5 He said, "I read this book last month."

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your

answer was correct.

NB: strange irregular verb

Answer question 4

He said (that) he had read that book the month before (the previous month).

5/5 They asked, "should we hand this in?"

Transform this sentence from direct speech to indirect / reported speech. On the next slide you'll find out whether your

answer was correct.

antwoord

Answer question 5:

They asked if/whether they should hand this in.

On the next slide

You'll find one more online exercise to practise! Good luck!

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