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Larisa said that

the new teacher

had given all the

students 20/20last semester.

Really! Karim

told me that

students

could eat in

her class.

No, what is it?

Rumors and Gossip

Have you heardthe latest gossip

about the new

teacher?

Wow! Yeah, I

heard he was 

an easyteacher.

Sara said that thenew teacher

didn’t give any

homework.

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When the reporting verb is in the simple past some

changes occur:

Direct Speech Reported Speech

Simple Present

Present Continuous

Simple Past Tense 

Present Perfect

Simple Past 

Past Continuous 

Past Perfect 

Past Perfect 

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Example 1

“The

teacher

is strict.” 

She said

the teacher

was strict.

“The teacheris giving 

everyone an

A.” 

He said

the

teacher

was

giving 

everyone

an A.

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Example 2

“Somebody

put the final

exam on the

Internet.” 

She saidsomebody

had put the

final exam

on the

Internet.

“The

teacher hasgraded our

grammar

tests.” 

Joe said the

teacher had

graded our

grammar tests.

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Practice

1. “The library is closed.” He said… 

2. “We have registered for classes.” They said… 

3. “She got an A on the test.” You said… 

“My friend is helping me study.” She said… 

Example: 

She said her fr iend was helping  her study.

He said the l ibrary was closed .

They said they had registered  fo r classes.

You said she had go tten  an A on the test.

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Modals: 

Direct Speech Reported Speech

will

can

may

must

would

could 

might

had to

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Example 1

“The test

will be 

difficult.” 

He said the test

would be 

difficult.

She said wecould use 

our notes

on the test.

“You canuse your

notes on

the test.” 

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Example 2

She said wehad to study 

hard for the

final exam.

“You muststudy hard

for the final

exam.” 

“We may

have a

substitute

teacher.” 

She said we

might have a

substitute

teacher.

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Practice 2

1. “We’ll help you with your homework.” They said… 

2. “Anna must finish her paper.” He said… 

3. “She may take a different class.” You said… 

Rewrite the following

sentences in the indirect

speech

“You can relax about the exam.” She said… 

Example: 

She said I could relax abou t the exam .

They said they would help me wi th my homework.

He said Anna had to finish her paper.

You said she might take a different class .

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The following modals no change occurs: 

“You

shouldn’ttell this

secret to

anyone.” 

She said I

shouldn’t tell this secret to

anyone.

“You ought

to tell this to

a friend.” 

! He said I

ought to tell 

this to a

friend.

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“I could have gotten help

from a tutor.” 

He said he could have gotten 

help from a tutor.

He said if he had studied,  he

would have gotten an A.“I thought I had chosen 

the easy teacher.” 

“If I had studied,  I would

have gotten an A.”  He said he thought he hadchosen the easy teacher.

Nem változik meg függőbeszédben a past perfect, apresent/past unreal conditional (3-ik feltételes) és a

múlt segédigéje sem.

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Exercise

1. “If I knew, I would tell you.” She said… 

2. “I might have known the test was difficult.” He said… 

3. “She had had that teacher before.” We said… 

Rewrite the following

sentences in the indirect

speech 

“We ought to study some more.” He said… 

Example : 

He said they ought to study som e more.

She said if she knew, she would tell me.

He said he might have known the test was dif f icul t .

We said she had had that teacher before.

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Use

Invent a two minute dialogue using reported questions.

Some of you will have to act the dialogue out in front of

your classmates. At the end of the lesson, you should

give me a piece of paper with your dialogue. Please,write your names on top of it.