Reported Speech

Direct Speech vs Reported Speech

She said: "I'm visiting Paris next weekend" (Direct)

She said that she was visiting Paris the following weekend. (Reported)

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Omar said: "I like hot weather".

• Direct Speech

• Reported Speech

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Victoria said that she was not late.

• Direct Speech

• Reported Speech

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What are the names of the two kinds of REPORTING SPEECH?

• direct speech

• doble speech

• indirect speech

• silent speech

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Indirect speech is also called:

• reference speech

• reported speech

• repeating speech

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When do we use reported speech? (check all the correct answers)

• to tell a story someone told us

• to report the news

• to report back what others have said

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How many changes can be made in Reported Speech?

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When Direct speech is turned into Reported Speech, the tense should be changed...

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

When the sentence in the direct speech is in the past, the sentence BACKSHIFTS to______________ in the reported speech.

• past continuous

• simple present

• past perfect

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When the sentence in the direct speech is in the present, the sentence BACKSHIFTS to______________ in the reported speech.

• past simple

• simple present

• past perfect

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‘There was an accident outside the supermarket’.

• He said there were an accident outside the supermarket.

• He said that there had been an accident outside the supermarket.

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"I see the clouds.".

He said that he ________ the clouds.

• sees

• is seeing

• saw

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"My mother is taking the bus to work tomorrow".

He said that his mother ________ the bus to work the following day.

• is taking

• was taking

• will take

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In reported speech, we change the time expression "today" to:

• that day

• that morning

• the day before

• the next day

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"next week" in Reported speech changes to:

• a week before

• the following week

• that week

• then

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"now" in reported speech changes to:

• that day

• the next day

• a day before

• then