Indirect Speech

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Direct and indirect speech

Reported Speech

Directe Rede/ Direct Speech:  She always said "I love watching football"

Indirecte Rede / Indirect Speech: My grandmother always said that she loved watching football

Graham said (that) he was very worried.

In indirect speech gaat de tijd één stap terug in het verleden

Indirect Speech

Grammar 1: indirect speech

• How do you write a sentence in indirect speech?

1. Your indirect speech sentence should look like this: 
   name/personal pronoun + said/told (that) + what was said
2. Look at the original sentence. Which tense is it written in?
3. Now that you know the tense, which tense should you use for the indirect speech sentence?

STAPJE TERUG IN DE TIJD

DIRECT SPEECH                                     INDIRECT SPEECH

present simple                   ----->        past simple

present continuous         ----->        past continuous

past simple                          ----->        past perfect

Stapje terug in de tijd

I work -> I worked

I am working -> I was working

I worked  -> I had worked

Indirect speech: stapje terug in de tijd

DIRECT SPEECH                                     INDIRECT SPEECH

present simple                   ----->        past simple

present continuous         ----->        past continuous

past simple                          ----->        past perfect

Jasper: "I will phone you back."

1. Jasper said he will phone me back.
2. Jasper said he was phoning me back.
3. Jasper said he would phone me back.
4. Jasper said he would call me back.

Jenny: "I can't come to the party."

1. Jenny said she can't come to the party.
2. Jenny said she couldn't come to the party.
3. Jenny said she wasn't at the party.
4. Jenny said she missed the party.

Teacher: "I am going to the cinema."

1. The teacher said he was going to the cinema.
2. The teacher said he is going to the cinema.
3. The teacher said I was going to the cinema.
4. The teacher said he had gone to the cinema.

Mum: "Dad has never been late in his life."

1. Mum said dad had never been late in his life.
2. Mum said dad was never late in his life.
3. Mum said dad has never been late in his life.
4. Mum said dad was never been late in his life.

Henk: "I hate doing homework."

1. Henk said he hates doing homework.
2. Henk said he was hating doing homework.
3. Henk said he hated doing homework.
4. Henk hates homework.

watch Newsround

Start your sentence with: the presenter said that…

Make 4 sentences, one for each item.

example: 'Britain needs a diet.'
the presenter said that…Britain needed a diet