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    Helen is giving a presentation on her holiday in London to her class. As she speaks quietly, her classmate Gareth cannot hear so the document outlines how the narrator repeats what Helen says to Gareth, changing the pronouns and verbs to reported speech. The summaries provided to Gareth report that Helen said she went to London in July with her parents, they spent three days there seeing the Tower and a musical, and that London is a multicultural place where she saw people of many colors.

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    Helen is giving a presentation on her holiday in London to her class. As she speaks quietly, her classmate Gareth cannot hear so the document outlines how the narrator repeats what Helen says to Gareth, changing the pronouns and verbs to reported speech. The summaries provided to Gareth report that Helen said she went to London in July with her parents, they spent three days there seeing the Tower and a musical, and that London is a multicultural place where she saw people of many colors.

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    Reported Speech HANDOUT

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    Helen is giving a presentation on her holiday in London to her class. As she speaks quietly, her classmate Gareth cannot hear so the document outlines how the narrator repeats what Helen says to Gareth, changing the pronouns and verbs to reported speech. The summaries provided to Gareth report that Helen said she went to London in July with her parents, they spent three days there seeing the Tower and a musical, and that London is a multicultural place where she saw people of many colors.

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    Reported Speech – Change of Pronouns

    Helen is in front of the class holding a presentation on London. As Helen is rather shy, she
    speaks with a very low voice. Your classmate Gareth does not understand her, so you have to
    repeat every sentence to him.

    Complete the sentences in reported speech (no backshift). Note the change of pronouns and
    verbs.

     Helen: I want to tell you something about my holiday in London.


     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that _______________________________________
     Helen: I went to London in July.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that _________________________________________
     Helen: My parents went with me.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that __________________________________________
     Helen: We spent three days in London.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that ______________________________________________________
     Helen: London is a multicultural place.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that __________________________________________________________
     Helen: I saw people of all colours.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that ____________________________________________________
     Helen: I and my parents visited the Tower.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that _________________________________________________________
     Helen: One evening we went to see a musical.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that_____________________________________________________________
    1) Reported Speech– Change of Pronouns

    Helen is in front of the class holding a presentation on London. As Helen is rather shy, she
    speaks with a very low voice. Your classmate Gareth does not understand her, so you have to
    repeat every sentence to him.

    Complete the sentences in reported speech (no backshift). Note the change of pronouns
    and verbs.

     Helen: I want to tell you something about my holiday in London.


     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that she wants to tell us something about her holiday in London.
     Helen: I went to London in July.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that she went to London in July.
     Helen: My parents went with me.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that her parents went with her.
     Helen: We spent three days in London.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that they spent three days in London.
     Helen: London is a multicultural place.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that London is a multicultural place.
     Helen: I saw people of all colours.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that she saw people of all colours.
     Helen: I and my parents visited the Tower.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that she and her parents visited the Tower.
     Helen: One evening we went to see a musical.
     Gareth: What does she say?
     You: She says that one evening they went to see a musical.
     Helen: I love London.

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