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INDIRECT SPEECH

INDIRECT SPEECH. Daniel Miklošovič. What is indirect speech?. It is a report of what somebody has said that does not use their exact words. She said she was going to have a rest then. I’m going to have a rest now. Pre-test. Are the sentences correct or incorrect? Bill said he is tired.

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INDIRECT SPEECH

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  1. INDIRECT SPEECH Daniel Miklošovič

  2. What is indirect speech? It is a report of what somebody has said that does not use their exact words. She said she was going to have a rest then. I’m going to have a rest now.

  3. Pre-test Are the sentences correct or incorrect? • Bill said he is tired. • I said I was happy now. • Maria told she liked John. • Joe said Peter he hated him. • Bill asked where was the post office. • I didn’t know where did Jane live.

  4. Tenses and pronouns Tenses and pronouns change in indirect speech if thetime and speaker are different. Bill said he was very tired. I’m very tired.

  5. Tenses, modals and auxiliaries normally change as follows: Present → Past Present Perfect → Past Perfect Past → Past Perfect will → would do/does → did have/has → had can → could

  6. Exercise: Rewrite the sentences in indirectspeech. • Anna: ‘My sister needs a car.’ • Bill: ‘I have to phone Andy.’ • Mary and Kate: ‘We can’t swim.’ • Mike: ‘My parents are travelling.’ • Alice: ‘My radio doesn’t work.’ • Jack: ‘I’ve bought a new computer.’

  7. Anna: ‘My sister needs a car.’ Bill: ‘I have to phone Andy.’ Mary and Kate: ‘We can’t swim.’ Mike: ‘My parents are travelling.’ Alice: ‘My radio doesn’t work.’ Jack: ‘I’ve bought a new computer.’ Anna said her sister needed a car. Bill said he had to phone Andy. Mary and Kate said they couldn’t swim. Mike said his parents were travelling. Alice said her radio didn’t work. Jack said he’d bought a new computer. Check the sentences.

  8. Here-and-now words When we use indirect speech, we may have to change words like here, this, today… This is because the place and time have changed since the words were spoken. Exercise: Match the direct and indirect speech expressions in the table.

  9. Here-and-now words

  10. Tellmust have a personal object. We tell somebody something. John told Peter he was late. Saydoesn’t need a personal object. We say something (to somebody). Jane said she was late. Tell / Say

  11. Indirect questions Indirect questions have a different word order fromdirect questions and no questions marks. Bill asked what I wanted. What do you want?

  12. Test yourself: Correct the sentences. • Bill said he is tired. • I said I was happy now. • Maria told she likedJohn. • Joe said Peter he hated him. • Bill asked where was the post office. • I didn’t know where did Jane live.

  13. Bill said he is tired. I said I was happy now. Maria told she likedJohn. Joe said Peter he hated him. Bill asked where was the post office. I didn’t know where did Jane live. Bill said he was tired. I said I was happy then. Maria said she liked John. Joe told Peter he hated him. Bill asked where the post officewas. I didn’t know where Jane lived. Check the sentences.

  14. For further practice see: John and Liz Soars: ‘New Headway Pre-Intermediate’ John Eastwood: ‘Oxford Practice Grammar’ Michael Swan: ‘The Good Grammar Book’ Michael Swan: ‘How English Works’ www.oup.com/elt/headway

  15. Thanks for your attention.  Goodbye! Daniel Miklošovič

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