Indirect Speech

Indirect Speech

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Was ist indirekte Rede?

Die indirekte Rede gebrauchst du, wenn du wiedergeben willst, was jemand gesagt hat:

Direkte Rede: „I like this movie very much.”

Indirekte Rede: She said that she liked that movie very much.

Wie ändert sich das Verb?

Steht das einleitende Verb (in unserem Beispiel „said“) im past tense, dann ändert sich die Zeitform. Man spricht hier von einer Verschiebung der Zeiten (tense shift).

 

Beispiel:

Direkte Rede: „I play tennis every week.”

Indirekte Rede: She said she played tennis every week.

Wie funktioniert die Verschiebung der Zeiten?

Aus der Zeitform Simple Present müssen wir Simple Past machen:

play → played

watch → watched

see → saw

meet → met

am/is/are → was/were

don't go → didn't go

doesn't like → didn't like

Try it out!

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Multiple Choice

Simple Present: play

Simple Past: ______

• playing

• played

Multiple Choice

Simple Present: tell

Simple Past: ______

• told

• telling

• tells

Multiple Choice

Simple Present: meet

Simple Past: ______

• meets

• met

• meeting

Multiple Choice

Simple Present: come

Simple Past: ______

• came

• comes

• coming

Multiple Choice

Simple Present: feel

Simple Past: ______

• feeling

• feels

• felt

Multiple Choice

Simple Present: is

Simple Past: ______

• are

• was

• be

• am

Multiple Choice

Simple Present: don't play

Simple Past: ______

• don't played

• doesn't play

• didn't play

• didn't played

Multiple Choice

Simple Present: don't go

Simple Past: ______

• didn't go

• doesn't go

• went

• didn't went

Multiple Choice

Simple Present: doesn't like

Simple Past: ______

• don't like

• didn't liked

• didn't liking

• didn't like

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Multiple Choice

„I play basketball on Mondays. “

She said she _______ basketball on Mondays.

• play

• plays

• played

Multiple Choice

“I come from Berlin.”

He said he ____________ from Berlin.

• come

• comes

• came

Multiple Choice

“We love California.”

They said they _____________ California.

• loved

• loves

• love

• have loved

Multiple Choice

“I have four cats.”

Carla said she __________ four cats.

• has had

• having

• had

• has

Multiple Choice

“We don’t like Chinese food.”

They said they ______________ Chinese food.

• didn't like

• didn't liked

• doesn't like

• don't liked

Multiple Choice

“My mum is still in hospital.”

Mary told us her mum _________ still in hospital.

• isn't

• were

• was

• are

Multiple Choice

“I don’t listen to any music.”

He told us he _______________ to any music.

• doesn't listened

• didn't listen

• don't listened

• didn't listened

Multiple Choice

Sam: "I hate your cat."

He said that he _______ my cat.

• hates

• hated

• did hate

Multiple Choice

Amy: "Your friends are boring!"

He said that my friends _____ boring.

• was

• were

• is

• are

Thank you for your attention!

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