Reported speech . Comenzamos en 5 minutos! What’s reported speech? Reported speech We use reported or indirect speech when we want to repeat what someone else said. I am hungry Marge Homero said (that)he was hungry Coming! Direct speech v/s reported speech The exact words someone said. We used quotation marks. Someone tell us what someone else said. We don’t use quotation marks Lisa said “I love dancing” Lisa said she loved dancing Reported speech consist of two parts Homero said (that) he was hungry Reporting verb Reporting clause That is often omitted, especially in everyday English Homero said he was hungry So, how do you use it? Lisa said, “ I love your earrings” Reported speech ● Lisa said she loved my earrings Change the tense Present simple -> Past simple Change the pronoun ● I -> She ● Your -> My From present simple to Lisa said, “ I love your earrings” Lisa said she loved my earrings Past simple We also changed the pronouns! Reporting verbs is there a difference? Say Tell Irregular verbs Say -> said. Tell-> told. Note: When using told you MUST say the person you’re referring to. Examples: He told ME, I told YOU. Personal and possessive adjectives Possessive adjectives are used to show possession or ownership of something. PERSONAL PRONOUNS The possessive adjective needs to agree with the possessor. Examples ● My car is very old. ● Her boyfriend is very friendly. ● Their homework is on the table. Let’s practice possessive adjectives 1. (I) ____my_______ hat is brown. 2. (You)_your ___shirt is yellow. 3. (he)__his__ eyes are big. 4. (she)__her__cap is blue. 5. (it)__its__ears are pink. 6. (we)__our__ eyes are small. 7. (you)____ glasses are blue. 8. (they)__their___ hair is green Past simple There are two types of verbs REGULAR “I lived abroad for ten years” IRREGULAR “I went to the cinema yesterday” Past simple- Regular verbs We form the past simple of most regular verbs by adding -ed to the main verb. For example: ● Play→Played ● Type→Typed ● Listen→Listened ● Love→Loved If the verb ends in e, just add d. Past simple- Irregular verbs For irregular verbs the spelling in the simple past tense is totally different, look at these examples: ● ● ● ● ● think - thought see - saw write - wrote draw - drew do - did Are there any rules? Past simple- Negative form Subject Negative form Did + not verb I Did not / didn’t work you Did not / didn’t work He/she/ it Did not / didn’t work We/ They Did not / didn’t work Verb “to be” in the past Affirmative sentences Negative sentences Subject Affirmative sentences Complement Subject Negative form was/were +not Complement I was happy I was not happy you were happy You were not happy He/she/ it was happy He/she/it was not happy We/ They were happy We/they were not happy Short forms: ● Was not - Wasn’t ● Were not - Weren’t LET’S PRACTICE He said, "I like your style ." → He said _____________________________ "I don't like going to school," she said. → She said____________________________ “I never make mistakes," he said. → He said_____________________________ They said "We work in a bank." → They said ___________________________ LET’S PRACTICE "I'm coming!", she said. →She said ________________________________ "John doesn't live in Japan any more."he said. →He said John ____________________________ "Tony hates mushrooms ." she said. → She said ________________________________ "They often go on holiday in July." he said. → They said _______________________________ “I am so happy today”, he said. He said _________ “I really like singing”, she said. She said ___________ “We always go by car”, they said. They said __________ “I always play video games with my friends” He said _________ Listen to the following video and use reported speech to report what the children have just said.
