martes, 3 de marzo de 2015

Sixth graders (year 6) Reported speech

Unit 6 teaches us how to use reported speech. What is reporting? let's have a look!
Prezi explaining what is reported speech

Ok this prezi teaches more than we need to know in year 6.

So, this is what we must know in unit 6:

Quote                                                           Report
Direct                                                           Indirect
"........"                                                            No "...."
 Fer said: "It's my birthday!"                         Fer said it was his birthday.

                                                     Verbs  
  Mr T: "......."                                                  Mr T said that someone   .........                    
Present Simple    Aff: (go)                                      Past (went)
                              Neg (don't go)                             Didn't + infinitive (didn't go)

Present continuous Aff (am going)                         Past continuous (was going)
                                Neg (am not going)                                           (wasn't going)

Can   (can go)                                                         Could (could go)
Can't (can't go)                                                       Couldn't (couldn't go)

Will   (will go)                                                       Would(would go)
Won't (won't go)                                                     Wouldn't (wouldn't go)

                                       Possessive adjectives
My, your                                                           his, her, its
Our, your (plural)                                              their

Remember: The report always has two subjects:

Marta: "Daniel is my brother"                           Marta said Daniel was her brother.
                                                                           or She said he was her brother.

Juego avanzado para los que quieran practicar otros verbos que no sean Say o tell.
(se tendrá en cuenta para la nota del trimestre si usáis estos verbo, so go 4 it!) Os hará falta diccionario.


Remember in unit 3 we reported orders with ask and tell:

Quote                                                             Report
Direct                                                              Indirect
"........"                                                            No "...."
 The captain ordered: "Clean the ship!"        The captain told us to clean the ship.
The captain ordered: "Don't fall asleep!"      The captain told us not to clean the ship

                          Verbs                                     
Imperative:"Go!"                                              to go
Negative imperative: "Don't go!"                     not to go                          

My, your                                                           his, her, its
Our, your (plural)                                              their



We can use  tell to report statements, not only orders. But, we have to use it with an object pronoun:
 The captain: "I like swimming"                   The captain told us he liked swimming.
                                                                       The captain said he liked swimming
                                                                       The captain said to us that he liked swimming




For advanced players:

  • Past continuous – changes to past perfect continuous
  • Present perfect – changes to past perfect
  • Past perfect – remains past perfect
  • Past perfect continuous – remains the same
  • Will – changes to would
  • Can – changes to could
  • Have to – changes to had to 

So let's report these comic strips


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