Reported Speech, class 8

Reported Speech

Reported Speech:

'Прямая речь,' слова автора.

‘We won’t go on holiday,’ she told me.

Mark said, ‘I need a ticket.’ = ‘I need a ticket,’ said Mark.

In Reported Speech, verbs GO one Tense BACK!

Past Simple Pr.Simple

Future in the Past Future Simple

Past Perf. Past Simple

Past Cont. Pr. Cont.

Past Perf. Pr. Perf.

Examples

Mark said that he ________ hungry THEN.

John said that he always ________ HIS homework.

Fred said that he __________ football for his team.

Jimmy said that he ______________ early every day.

Diego said that he ________ out the rubbish.

Den said that he _________ a doctor THEN.

Den said that he _________ the windows 2 DAYS BEFORE.

Peter said that he ________ in the park.

Peter said that he ____________ his cats a WEEK BEFORE.

Linda said that she ____________ her friends a WEEK BEFORE.

Linda said that she ____________ a tasty cake.

Linda said that they ____________ for a walk for hours after.

Linda said that she __________ a new suit two weeks after.

Reported Speech in Questions

'Did you have any holiday problems?' Maria asked. Maria asked if she had any holiday problems.

'Are you confused?' Maria asked. Maria asked if she was confused.

'Does the train leave in time?' Maria asked. Maria asked if the train left in time.

'Why do you take cash with you?' Maria asked. Maria asked why she took cash with her.

'How do you feel?' Maria asked. Maria asked how she felt.

'When will the tourists arrive?' Maria asked. Maria asked when the tourists would arrive.

Reported Speech in commands

'Keep your pasport in your bag!' Maria ordered. Maria ordered to keep my pasport in the bag.

'Don't take a lot of thigs!' Maria ordered. Maria ordered NOT to take a lot of things.

'Answer my question!' Maria ordered. Maria ordered ......................

... to answer her question.

... answer her question.

... answered her question.

'Don't be late!' Maria ordered. Maria ordered ......................

... not is late.

... not to be late.

... to not to be late

SOME DRILLING

1. Lucy said:"Plants communicate with each other through their roots."

SOME DRILLING

1. Lucy told Teacher thatplants communicated with each other through their roots.

2. "I didn’t know they could do that!" Teacher said.

2. Teacher said she didn’t know they could do that.

3. "That is a fascinating topic!"Teacher exclaimed.

3. Teacher said that was a fascinating topic.

4. “I was curious about why my plants blossom and other times not" told Lucy.

4. Lucy said she was curious about why her plants blossomed and other times not.

5. “ I like this idea!" Lucy said.

5. Lucy said she liked that idea.

6. “You’re welcome, Lucy!" said Teacher.

6. Teacher said to Lucy was welcome.

7. " I want to create a diagram"said Lucy.

7. Lucy said she wanted to create a diagram.

8. "We will wait for the result" Teacher said.

8. Teacher said they would wait for the result.

8. Lucy said:" I'm going to improve my results".

QUESTIONS:“ Are you planning to include the news in your project?" asked Teacher.

QUESTIONS:Teacher asked if she was planning to include the news in her project.

"Was it difficult?" Teacher asked.

Teacher asked if it was difficult.

" Do you find it interesting?" Teacher asked.

Teacher asked if she found that interesting.

12. " Why did you start exploring plants?" Teacher asked.

Teacher asked why she started exploring plants.

"How do you illustrate the system of communication?" Teacher asked.

Teacher asked how she illustrated the system of communication.

"How will we encourage the plants to grow better?" Teacher asked.

Teacher asked how they would encourage the plants to grow better.

“Is it useful to do experiments?” Teacher asked.

Teacher asked if it was useful to do experiments.

Commands

"Tell us about it TOMORROW," Teacher asked.

Teacher asked TO tell about it the following day.

"Don't show your work to Sarah" Teacher asked.

Teacher ordered her not to show the work to Sarah.