UNIT 7 - (5th grade)

In unit 7 we have studied REPORTED SPEECH. We use reported speech to report what somebody else said. Remember we change the tense from present to past.

DIRECT SPEECH: I like ice cream (said Sally).
REPORTED SPEECH: She said she liked ice cream.

We use said when we just report someone's words.We use told when we want to say who the person was talking to.

Time expressions also change in reported speech:

DIRECT SPEECH	REPORTED SPEECH
now	then
today	that day
tonight	that night
tomorrow	the next day
next week / year /etc.	the next week /year / etc
yesterday	the day before
last week /year / etc.	the week / year / etc. before

Now, let's practise with some EXERCISES:

• http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-12.html
• http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-10.html
• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/time_phrases.htm
• http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/reported_speech/pronouns.htm
• http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?03
• http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?04