ENGLISH H5a

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Date: Group:

VOCABULARY / GRAMMAR: Understands and uses court-related expressions and terminology,

various forms of reported speech, prepositional verbs, and other related concepts.

Transforming DIRECT SPEECH (what someone says)

to REPORTED SPEECH (what someone says that person said)

Part A
Refer to your SH document “REPORTED SPEECH Part 1” to help you fulfill the following tasks.
Choose the option which correctly creates reported speech of what the speakers say. Write the letter of
the answer in the corresponding box of the Part A Answer Section.

1) Andrew says: “My father works like a mule.” (Present simple)

A He said his father worked like a mule.
B He said his father had worked like a mule.
C He said his father would work like a mule.

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2) The website says: Montessori British School held a foreign food fair. (Simple past)
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A It said Montessori British School holds a foreign food fair.
B it said Montessori British School was holding a foreign food fair.
C It said Montessori British School had held a foreign food fair.

3) Female news reporter says: The value of the Euro is falling. (Present continuous)
A She said the value of the Euro was falling.
B She said the value of the Euro fell.
C She said the value of the Euro had fallen.

4) My siblings say: We were sleeping during the burglary. (Past continuous)

A They said they have been sleeping during the burglary.
B They said they had been sleeping during the burglary.
C They said are sleeping during the burglary.

Part A Answer Section

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Part B
Rewrite each sentence as reported speech, following the rules explained on your SH document
“Reported Speech Part 1”.
Determine how to transform the speech based on the indicated tense.
Determine the pronoun you will use based on the indicated speaker. For example ‘Ethan’
becomes ‘he’, ‘we’ becomes ‘they’, etc.

Example:
Byron and Bryce: “We decided to sue the construction company.”

(Your answer) They said they had decided to sue the construction company.

REPORTED STATEMENTS
Note: It is common for people, when speaking, to insert the word “that” in their reported statements.
She said she wanted to observe the trial. Both of these forms are
She said that she wanted to observe the trial. commonly used.
Although including “that” is acceptable, we recommend you not include it in your written reported
speech since it is an unnecessary word.
1) Present simple
A detective named Hannah: “I investigate cases of insurance fraud.”

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2) Present continuous
A lawyer named Melissa: “I am working on a murder case at the moment. “

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3) Past simple
Paul: “I heard someone shout for help.”

Option 1: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Option 2: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

4) Past continuous
Aimee and Alice: “We were trying to take a nap.”

Option 1: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Option 2: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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