Direct & indirect speech (intermediate)

Direct & indirect speech (intermediate)

exercise 4

• She said: 'I've seen many wrecks during my dives.'
• She said she had seen many wrecks during her dives.
  
  
• Eloise asked: 'Are you thinking about the story we heard last night?'
• Eloise asked me if I was thinking about the story we had heard the night before.

What did you notice?

'Do you like the beach?'

• Geeft letterlijk weer wat iemand zegt [script]

He asked if I liked the beach.

• Beschrijft wat iemand heeft gezegd [boek] 

• Present simple
  'I walk along the beach.'
• Present continuous
  'I am working.'
• Past simple
  'He fell asleep in front of the telly.'
• Present perfect
  'She has worked there since 2006.'

• Past simple
  He said that he walked along the beach.
• Past continuous
  She told him she was working.
• Past perfect
  He told me that he had fallen asleep in front of the telly.
• Past perfect
  She said that she had worked there since 2006.

Careful! Tenses change..

• Present simple
  'I walk along the beach.'
• Present continuous
  'I am working.'
• Past simple
  'He fell asleep in front of the telly yesterday.'
• Present perfect
  'She has worked there since 2006.'

• Past simple
  He said that he walked along the beach.
• Past continuous
  She told him she was working.
• Past perfect
  He told me that he had fallen asleep in front of the telly the day before.
• Past perfect
  She said that she had worked there since 2006.

Careful! Indirect speech starts with an introduction..

• Present simple
  'I walk along the beach.'
• Present continuous
  'I am working.'
• Past simple
  'He fell asleep in front of the telly yesterday.'
• Present perfect
  'She has worked there since 2006.'

• Past simple
  He said that he walked along the beach.
• Past continuous
  She told him she was working.
• Past perfect
  He told me that he had fallen asleep in front of the telly the day before.
• Past perfect
  She said that she had worked there since 2006.

Careful! Indirect speech starts with an introduction..