Reported Speech
Direct: I like pizza.
Reported: He said ___________________.
He said he liked pizza.
Direct: They have been sick.
Reported: He _____________________
He said they had been sick.
What is another name for a cyclone or a twister?
tornado
What is the first part of a news report?
headline
What is a flood?
natural disaster caused by excessive rain
(inundación)
Direct: I can't find my book.
Reported: She _____________________
She said she couldn't find her book.
Direct: I didn't do my homework.
Reported: She __________________________
She said she hadn't done her homework.
She said she didn't do her homework.
What is another word for blaze?
fire
What is a witness?
someone who saw an event happen or was part of the event
(el testigo)
Direct: (Jessica to Lisa) Don't be complicated!
Reported: _________________
Jessica told Lisa not to be complicated.
Direct: (John to Eliza) Read the instructions.
Reported: ___________________
John told Eliza to read the instructions.
Direct: (Laura to you) How are you?
Reported: ____________________
Laura asked me how I was.
What is the emergency number in the United States?
911
What date should be included in a news report?
the date the article was written
What is the name for the shaking of the Earth's crust?
earthquake
Direct: (Klara to us) What were you doing?
Reported: _________________
Klara asked us what we had been doing.
Klara asked us what we were doing.
Direct: (Evan to his friends) Will you talk to the principal?
Reported: ___________________________
Evan asked his friends if they would talk to the principal.
Evan asked his friends whether they would talk to the principal.
What is the name for a thief who steals from people's pockets, purses, and bags in public places?
pickpocket
What is the difference between the placeline and the where of the article?
the placeline is where the article was written
the where is where the events of the article happened
Direct: (Mike to Jenny) Do you prefer coffee or tea?
Reported: _____________________
Mike asked Jenny whether she preferred coffee or tea.
Direct: (Sam to you) Don't burn the french fries.
Report: ___________________
Sam told me not to burn the french fries.
Direct: (the teacher to you) Are you going to go on vacation?
Reported: ____________________
The teacher asked me if I was going to go on vacation.
The teacher asked me whether I was going to go on vacation.
What is the name for a serious and painful interruption of the heart's normal beating?
heart attack
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
Direct: (the teacher to the students) How have you been feeling?
Reported speech: ____________________
The teacher asked the students how they had been feeling.