Welcome to the English session.
... where teaching and learning never stops.
START
WARM-UP ACTIVITY
HOW WOULD YOU EXPRESS THIS CONVERSATION?
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
Objective:
To change the sentences from direct speech to indirect speech / reported speech
WHAT IS REPORTED SPEECH AND WHEN DO WE USE IT?
REPORTED SPEECH
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.
+ when
When we want to tell someone what someone else said, there are two ways of doing so.
You can repeat that person’s words (direct speech).
You can use reported speech.
+ example
Please note that
Verb tenses, pronouns and some 'time' and 'place' words may change because the time, place and speaker may be different.
When we report a statement, we use reported verbs such as say, tell, explain, inform, answer, decide, etc. often followed by the word ‘that’.
Quotation marks are not used in reported speech.
Watch the video explaining the verb tense changes, and be prepared to answer the questions.
QUIZ
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER OPTION FOR THE REPORTED SPEECH SENTENCE.
START
QUESTION 1/5
He said, "I like my schoolmates."
He said (that) he _____ his schoolmates.
a) will like
b) likes
c) liked
KEEP GOING...
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 2/5
"We are doing a good job," he claimed.
He claimed (that) ___________ a good job.
c) they are doing
b) we were doing
a) they were doing
DON'T RELAX JUST YET...
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 3/5
"I went to Australia last year," she informed.
She informed (that) she ____ to Australia the year before.
c) was going
b) went
a) had gone
ONE MORE TIME...
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 4/5
She promised, "I will visit England next year."
She promised (that) ________ England the following year.
c) she will visit
b) she would visit
a) I would visit
AND ONE MORE TIME...
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 5/5
"My dog can whistle," he said.
He said (that) ___________ whistle .
c) his dog can
a) my dog could
b) his dog could
WELL DONE!
RIGHT!
NEXT
In our next class, we will have a detailed study of changing sentences from direct speech to reported speech.
DIRECT AND REPORTED SPEECH - PART 1
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Transcript
Welcome to the English session.
... where teaching and learning never stops.
START
WARM-UP ACTIVITY
HOW WOULD YOU EXPRESS THIS CONVERSATION?
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
Objective:
To change the sentences from direct speech to indirect speech / reported speech
WHAT IS REPORTED SPEECH AND WHEN DO WE USE IT?
REPORTED SPEECH
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.
+ when
When we want to tell someone what someone else said, there are two ways of doing so.
You can repeat that person’s words (direct speech).
You can use reported speech.
+ example
Please note that
Verb tenses, pronouns and some 'time' and 'place' words may change because the time, place and speaker may be different.
When we report a statement, we use reported verbs such as say, tell, explain, inform, answer, decide, etc. often followed by the word ‘that’.
Quotation marks are not used in reported speech.
Watch the video explaining the verb tense changes, and be prepared to answer the questions.
QUIZ
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER OPTION FOR THE REPORTED SPEECH SENTENCE.
START
QUESTION 1/5
He said, "I like my schoolmates."
He said (that) he _____ his schoolmates.
a) will like
b) likes
c) liked
KEEP GOING...
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 2/5
"We are doing a good job," he claimed.
He claimed (that) ___________ a good job.
c) they are doing
b) we were doing
a) they were doing
DON'T RELAX JUST YET...
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 3/5
"I went to Australia last year," she informed.
She informed (that) she ____ to Australia the year before.
c) was going
b) went
a) had gone
ONE MORE TIME...
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 4/5
She promised, "I will visit England next year."
She promised (that) ________ England the following year.
c) she will visit
b) she would visit
a) I would visit
AND ONE MORE TIME...
RIGHT!
NEXT
QUESTION 5/5
"My dog can whistle," he said.
He said (that) ___________ whistle .
c) his dog can
a) my dog could
b) his dog could
WELL DONE!
RIGHT!
NEXT
In our next class, we will have a detailed study of changing sentences from direct speech to reported speech.