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Reported Speech

summarisedESO 4 LEVEL

Isabel Quesada Gómez

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What is Reported Speech?

To repeat people’s words without usingthe 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 willbe different. Let’s try with your answers!

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3 main changes

1) PRONOUNS (different references)

2) VERBS (backshift)

3) TIME and PLACE

EXPRESSIONS /DEMONSTRATIVES(different references)

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FOCUS ON BACKSHIFTPresent tenses -> Past tenses

Past tenses -> Past PerfectPresent Perfect -> Past Perfect

Future with will -> Cond. wouldPresent modal -> Past modal

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FOCUS ON TIME/PLACEEXPRESSIONS

Now -> Then

This -> That

These -> Those

Tomorrow -> The next/following day

Yesterday -> The day before

Today -> That day

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REPORTING VERBS

STATEMENTS

SAID

TOLD SOMEBODY (me, him, her,us, them)

EXPLAINED

QUESTIONS

ASKEDWANTED TO KNOW

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SOME PRACTICE «I’m 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 can’t 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

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Next challenge!

QUESTIONS

COMMANDS!!!Any problems so far?

Let’s do some more practiceEND