Reporting what someone else said

Warm up How many of these famous movie quotes do you know? Let's find out! Match the quotes to the movie they belong to. "She doesn't even go here!" Mean Girls "Details of your incompetence do not interest me." The Devil Wears Prada "There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class." Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone "With great power comes great responsibility." Spider-Man "If I'm going to be a partner in a Law firm by the time I'm 30, I need a boyfriend who is not a complete bonehead." Legally Blonde ACTIVITY 1 Great job! Now let's try something different. Match the character to their dialogue. ....said that the girl didn't even go there. Damian ...told Emily that details of her incompetence did not interest her. Miranda Priestly ...said that there wouldn't be any foolish wand-waving, or silly incantations in that class. Professor Severus Snape ...told Peter that with great power came great responsibility. Uncle Ben ...said that if she was going to be a partner in a Law firm by the time she was 30, she needed a boyfriend who wasn't a complete bonehead. Elle Woods ACTIVITY 2 Excellent! Now answer the questions below to test what you know about reported speech. Direct speech is when we... paraphrase what someone else said. quote someone else's exact words. Indirect speech (or reported speech) is when we... paraphrase what someone else said. quote another speaker's exact words. ACTIVITY 3Complete these sentences with a reporting verb (say, tell, ask) accordingly. 1. Serena told me she was going to the museum the following week.2. Margo said that she wasn't going to go with Serena to the museum.3. Elle asked Margo if she was feeling ok.4. Margot said that she had worked a full schedule and that she was tired.5. Elle told Serena she would make time to go to the museum with her in two weeks.6. Serena asked me what I thought about the entire situation. ACTIVITY 4Now fill in the blanks to change the sentences from direct speech to indirect speech. Pay attention to the tense changes and time expressions. 1. He: "I won't be home until later."He said that he wouldn't be home until later.2. Mara: "She's going to apply for a fulbright scholarship next year."Mara told me that she was going to apply for a fulbright scholarship the following year.3. Manuel: I studied for my exam yesterday.Manuel said that he had studied for his exam the previous day.4. She: "I'll take you to the airport and then I'm coming back home."She told me that she would take me to the airport and then she was coming back home.5. They: "We are students and we would like to enroll in this course."They said that they were students and that they would like to enroll in that course.