B1.5 - Unit 4 - Grammar

Reported Speech

When do we use it?

• When we want to have fun shifting from one verb tense to the other

• When we don't know exactly what the other person is talking about

• When we want to say what another person said

Report the following sentence

Sarah said "I want to buy a house"

Report

Tim told me "I went to London"

Report

Bill asked "will you buy a new car?"

Report

Ben asked "what did you do yesterday?"

Indirect Questions

What are they?

• A kind of questions used to ask for advice

• A kind of questions used in a more formal and polite context

• A kind of questions used in informal situations

Make the following direct question into an indirect one:

Direct: "Where can I buy a new cellphone?"

Indirect: Excuse me, do you know _____

Direct: "Does the store open on Sundays"

Indirect: I am wondering _____

Direct: "Was it invented by Tesla?"

Indirect: Please, could you tell me _____

Direct: "Who won last year's Nobel Prize?"

Indirect: Do you have any idea _____