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Welcome to the English session.

HOW WOULD YOU EXPRESS THIS CONVERSATION?

WARM-UP ACTIVITY

DIRECT SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

To change the sentences from direct speech to indirect speech / reported speech

Objective:

WHAT IS REPORTED SPEECH AND WHEN DO WE USE IT?

is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the actual words spoken. We use it when we want to tell another person about a conversation that took place in the past.

REPORTED SPEECH

+ when

You can use reported speech.

You can repeat that person’s words (direct speech).

When we want to tell someone what someone else said, there are two ways of doing so.

+ example

When we report a statement, we use reported verbs such as say, tell, explain, inform, answer, decide, etc. often followed by the word ‘that’.

Verb tenses, pronouns and some 'time' and 'place' words may change because the time, place and speaker may be different.

Quotation marks are not used in reported speech.

Please note that

Watch the video explaining the verb tense changes, and be prepared to answer the questions.

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CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER OPTION FOR THE REPORTED SPEECH SENTENCE.

QUIZ

c) liked

b) likes

a) will like

He said (that) he _____ his schoolmates.

QUESTION 1/5

He said, "I like my schoolmates."

RIGHT!

KEEP GOING...

NEXT

c) they are doing

b) we were doing

a) they were doing

He claimed (that) ___________ a good job.

QUESTION 2/5

"We are doing a good job," he claimed.

RIGHT!

DON'T RELAX JUST YET...

NEXT

c) was going

b) went

a) had gone

She informed (that) she ____ to Australia the year before.

QUESTION 3/5

"I went to Australia last year," she informed.

RIGHT!

ONE MORE TIME...

NEXT

c) she will visit

b) she would visit

a) I would visit

She promised (that) ________ England the following year.

QUESTION 4/5

She promised, "I will visit England next year."

RIGHT!

AND ONE MORE TIME...

NEXT

c) his dog can

b) his dog could

a) my dog could

He said (that) ___________ whistle .

QUESTION 5/5

"My dog can whistle," he said.

RIGHT!

WELL DONE!

NEXT

In our next class, we will have a detailed study of changing sentences from direct speech to reported speech.

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