Reported speech. Folie 1

TED
Robin
Barney
Lily
Marshall

I have to know what‘s going on!!!
Amanda

Lucy
Please tell me what they are saying!!!
Don‘t worry. I will tell you!

I really love you like a brother but I can‘t be with you any longer!

Lucy
Robin told Ted that she really loved him like a brother but that she couldn‘t be with him any longer.
REPORTED SPEECH

I want to find the perfect woman for myself!
Ted, this doesn‘t make sense!

Lucy
Ted said that he wanted to find the perfect woman for himself.
Barney answered that that didn‘t make sense.

She met me at the toilet and she took my breath away!
OMG!
I know this girl.

Lucy
Ted said she had met him at the toilet and that she had taken his breath away.
Barney thought that he knew this girl.

I have never been kissed like that before.
I will tell Ted tomorrow that she is a man!

Lucy
Ted thought that he had never been kissed like that before.
Barney thought that he would tell Ted the next day that she was a man.

REPORTED SPEECH
What have we learned so far?
„I want to find the perfect woman for myself!“
Ted said that
he wanted to find the perfect woman for himself.
I ? he
myself ? himself
want ? wanted
pronouns and people change!!!
tenses change!!! ONE STEP INTO THE PAST

REPORTED SPEECH
Now try for yourself!
„She met me at the toilet and she took my breath away!“
Ted said that
pronouns and people change!!!
tenses change!!! ONE STEP INTO THE PAST
she had met him at the toilet and that she had taken his breath away.

REPORTED SPEECH
What have we learned so far?
„I will tell Ted tomorrow that she is a man!“
Barney thought that
he would tell Ted the next day that she was a man.
I ? he
is ? was
will ? would
pronouns and people change!!!
tenses change!!! ONE STEP INTO THE PAST
tomorrow ? the next day
time and place can change!!!

I love you and I will always be here for you!

Lucy
Barney told Robin that…
…he loved her and that he would always be there for her.
I love you and I will always be here for you!

You are such a fool! You fell in love with a man!

Lucy
Lily and Marshall laughed about Ted that…
…he was such a fool that he had fallen in love with a man.
You are such a fool! You fell in love with a man!

Ted, I am sure you will find your true love within the next week!