Reported Speech summarised

ESO 4 LEVEL Isabel Quesada Gmez

What is Reported Speech?

To

repeat peoples words without using the exact same words.

What are you going to have for lunch? What did you see at the cinema last time you went? What are you going to do tomorrow night? What do you like doing in your free time?

ONE MONTH LATER. Your answers will have to be reported as time, places and people references will be different. Lets try with your answers!

3 main changes

1) PRONOUNS (different references) 2) VERBS (backshift) 3) TIME and PLACE

(different references)

EXPRESSIONS /DEMONSTRATIVES

FOCUS ON BACKSHIFT
Present

tenses -> Past tenses Past tenses -> Past Perfect Present Perfect -> Past Perfect Future with will -> Cond. would Present modal -> Past modal

FOCUS ON TIME/PLACE EXPRESSIONS

Now

-> Then This -> That These -> Those Tomorrow -> The next/following day Yesterday -> The day before Today -> That day

REPORTING VERBS
STATEMENTS SAID TOLD SOMEBODY (me, him, her,us, them) EXPLAINED QUESTIONS ASKED WANTED TO KNOW

SOME PRACTICE
Im

going canoening next weekend Tom said (that) I have already learnt the new JLo song Mariah said (that) My favourite band is Kings of Leon David explained (that) I cant ski very well but I can skate Nicki told us (that) I must buy a new PC game for you tomorrow My mum told me

Next challenge!
QUESTIONS
COMMANDS!!! Any problems so far? Lets do some more practice END