Reported speech = je haalt iemand anders zijn woorden aan
gebruik : "say, tell, explain, complain, think, wonder, ask, want to know,...."
Wanneer het werkwoord in tegenwoordige tijd staat (en nog bezig is), wijzigt de tijd niet
She says : "I really like working here" → She says she really likes working here
Wanneer het werkwoord in de verleden tijd staat -> TIJD OMVORMEN NAAR 1 TIJD TERUG
direct speech reported speech
She said "I work hard" → She said she worked hard present simple → past simple
She said : "I'm working hard" → She said she was working hard present continuous → past continuous
She said : "I worked hard" → She said she had worked hard simple past → past perfect
She said : "I was working hard" → She said she had been working hard past continuous → past perfect continuous
She said : "I have worked hard" → She said she had worked hard present perfect → past perfect
She said : "I have been working hard" → She said she had been working hard pres perf continuous → past perfect continuous
She said : "I had worked hard" → She said she had worked hard past perfect → past perfect
She said : "I had been working hard" → She said she had been working hard past perf continuous → past perfect continuous
She said : "We are going to work hard" → We were going to work hard am / is / are going to → was / were going to
She said : "I will work hard" → She said she would work hard will future → would future
She said : "I can work hard" → She said she could work hard can → could
She said : "I may work hard" → She said she might work hard may → might
She said : "I must work hard" → She said she had to work hard must → had to
She said : "I need to work hard" → She said needed to work hard need → needed
Wanneer JA/NEE vraag : gebruik "if / whether"
Has Bill spoken to you → She asked me whether Bill had spoken to me
(let op : het weer = the weather)
Wanneer vraag met WHEN / WHAT / WHY / ... : verander volgorde van de woorden
When is Jane going She asked me when Jane was going
Why is David working hard She asked me why David was working hard
gebruik : "say, tell, explain, complain, think, wonder, ask, want to know,...."
Wanneer het werkwoord in tegenwoordige tijd staat (en nog bezig is), wijzigt de tijd niet
She says : "I really like working here" → She says she really likes working here
Wanneer het werkwoord in de verleden tijd staat -> TIJD OMVORMEN NAAR 1 TIJD TERUG
direct speech reported speech
She said "I work hard" → She said she worked hard present simple → past simple
She said : "I'm working hard" → She said she was working hard present continuous → past continuous
She said : "I worked hard" → She said she had worked hard simple past → past perfect
She said : "I was working hard" → She said she had been working hard past continuous → past perfect continuous
She said : "I have worked hard" → She said she had worked hard present perfect → past perfect
She said : "I have been working hard" → She said she had been working hard pres perf continuous → past perfect continuous
She said : "I had worked hard" → She said she had worked hard past perfect → past perfect
She said : "I had been working hard" → She said she had been working hard past perf continuous → past perfect continuous
She said : "We are going to work hard" → We were going to work hard am / is / are going to → was / were going to
She said : "I will work hard" → She said she would work hard will future → would future
She said : "I can work hard" → She said she could work hard can → could
She said : "I may work hard" → She said she might work hard may → might
She said : "I must work hard" → She said she had to work hard must → had to
She said : "I need to work hard" → She said needed to work hard need → needed
Wanneer JA/NEE vraag : gebruik "if / whether"
Has Bill spoken to you → She asked me whether Bill had spoken to me
(let op : het weer = the weather)
Wanneer vraag met WHEN / WHAT / WHY / ... : verander volgorde van de woorden
When is Jane going She asked me when Jane was going
Why is David working hard She asked me why David was working hard