DIRECT SPEECH TO REPORTED SPEECH
TENSES
REPORTED SPEECH TO DIRECT SPEECH
TRUE / FALSE
TIME EXPRESSIONS
100

"I AM EXHAUSTED" TIM SAID.

TIM SAID THAT HE WAS EXHAUSTED.


IF YOU ARE CORRECT AND YOU WANT TO TRIPLE YOUR POINTS, THE OTHER GROUP MUST CHOOSE A FORFEIT AND YOU DO IT. IF YOU DON´T DO IT AND THEY DO IT, THEY GET THE POINTS

100
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PRESENT TENSE" TO...
PAST TENSE
100

SHE SAID THAT THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP.

"THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP", SHE SAID.

BONUS 300


100

WE USE DIRECT SPEECH WHEN WE WANT TO REPRODUCE WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS OR SAID.

FALSE

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100

IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TODAY" TO...

THAT DAY

BONUS OF 250

200
"I WILL BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY" SARA SAID.
SARA SAID SHE WOULD BUY A HOUSE ONE DAY.
200
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PRESENT PERFECT" TO...
PAST PERFECT
200

MY FRIENDS SAID THAT THEY HAD BEEN SHOPPING THAT AFTERNOON.

"WE HAVE BEEN SHOPPING THIS AFTERNOON", MY FRIENDS SAID.


IF YOU ARE CORRECT AND YOU WANT TO TRIPLE YOUR POINTS, THE OTHER GROUP MUST CHOOSE A FORFEIT AND YOU DO IT. IF YOU DON´T DO IT AND THEY DO IT, THEY GET THE POINTS

200
WHEN WE REPORT WHAT SOMEBODY SAID IN THE PAST WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE TENSE WE USE IN REPORTED SPEECH.
TRUE
200

IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "NOW" TO...

THEN

BONUS +300

300
"I CAN GET A JOB IN LONDON" TIM TOLD ME.
TIM TOLD ME THAT HE COULD GET A JOB IN LONDON.
300
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "PAST SIMPLE" TO...
PAST SIMPLE OR PAST PERFECT
300

SHE SAID THAT HER FATHER HAS TO TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE IS A SALESMAN.

"MY FATHER HAD TO TRAVEL A LOT BECAUSE HE'S A SALESMAN", SHE SAID.

300

IN DIRECT SPEECH THE TENSES USUALLY GO ONE STEP BACK INTO THE PAST.

FALSE


BONUS 250

300
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "YESTERDAY" TO...
THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE DAY BEFORE
400

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON SATURDAY" HE ASKED HER.

HE ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING ON SATURDAY.


BONUS 500

400

IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "CAN" TO...

COULD

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400

SUE TOLD ME THAT MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVED IN PARIS.

"MARY'S BOYFRIEND LIVES IN PARIS", SUE TOLD ME.


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400
PERSONAL PRONOUNS CHANGE TO THE THIRD PERSON SINGULAR OR PLURAL, EXCEPT WHEN THE SPEAKER REPORTS HIS OWN WORDS.
TRUE
400
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "TOMORROW" TO...
THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE NEXT DAY
500

" I DON'T SMOKE HERE BECAUSE OF THE KIDS I TOLD ANN.

I TOLD ANN THAT I DIDN´T SMOKE HERE BECAUSE OF THE KIDS.

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500
IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "MAY" TO...
MIGHT
500

HIS TEACHER TOLD HIM TO DO HIS HOMEWORK ON TIME IF HE WANTED TO GET A GOOD GRADE.

"DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON TIME IF YOU WANT TO GET A GOOD GRADE", HIS TEACHER SAID.


DOUBLE POINTS

500
IN REPORTED SPEECH WE OFTEN USE THE VERBS "SAY" AND "TELL". WE USE "TELL" WHEN THERE IS NO INDIRECT OBJECT. WE USE "SAY" WHEN YOU SAY WHO WAS BEING SPOKEN TO.
FALSE
500

IN REPORTED SPEECH, CHANGE "THREE DAYS AGO" TO...

THREE DAYS BEFORE


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