School diary: Reported speech (B1)
Diario escolar con más de 25 estilo indirecto. Lectura B1 con traducción.
Diary Entry: Rumours at School
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Nivel: B1Tema: Reported speech: said/told + that — diario; 25+ ejemplos
Friday, 14 March
Today felt strange from the first bell. During break I heard three different stories about the cancelled assembly, and I tried to remember who said what.
Leah told me that the hall floor was being repaired. She said that a technician had found a crack during a routine check, and she told our group that classes would stay in rooms until further notice. I wrote her words in the margin of my notebook.
Tom said that the cancellation had nothing to do with repairs. He told us that the headteacher was meeting inspectors privately, and he said that staff had been asked not to discuss the visit. Tom told me that he had heard this from an older student in the library.
Maya disagreed with Tom. She said that inspectors were not visiting this week, and she told Leah that the repair story sounded more believable. She told us that her father worked for the council and had not mentioned any inspection.
At lunch Mr Ortega, our history teacher, spoke to the queue calmly. He said that the assembly would return the following week. He told students that the delay was logistical, and he told me directly that rumours wasted useful energy. I appreciated his clarity.
In the corridor I met James, who said that he had seen workmen carrying tools into the hall. He told me that they wore hard hats, and he said that plastic sheets covered part of the stage. He told our classmates that Leah was probably right.
After school I called my sister and told her what everyone had said. She said that schools always produced gossip before facts arrived. I told her that Mr Ortega had sounded firm, and she told me that I should trust staff more than corridor stories.
Walking home I thought about how quickly direct speech becomes reported speech. Each person had offered a version of events, and my diary captured their statements with the tense shifts that English requires when you repeat someone else's words.
I still do not know every detail, but I know what people claimed. Tomorrow I will listen for an official notice and compare it with what Leah, Tom, Maya, and Mr Ortega said today.
Today felt strange from the first bell. During break I heard three different stories about the cancelled assembly, and I tried to remember who said what.
Leah told me that the hall floor was being repaired. She said that a technician had found a crack during a routine check, and she told our group that classes would stay in rooms until further notice. I wrote her words in the margin of my notebook.
Tom said that the cancellation had nothing to do with repairs. He told us that the headteacher was meeting inspectors privately, and he said that staff had been asked not to discuss the visit. Tom told me that he had heard this from an older student in the library.
Maya disagreed with Tom. She said that inspectors were not visiting this week, and she told Leah that the repair story sounded more believable. She told us that her father worked for the council and had not mentioned any inspection.
At lunch Mr Ortega, our history teacher, spoke to the queue calmly. He said that the assembly would return the following week. He told students that the delay was logistical, and he told me directly that rumours wasted useful energy. I appreciated his clarity.
In the corridor I met James, who said that he had seen workmen carrying tools into the hall. He told me that they wore hard hats, and he said that plastic sheets covered part of the stage. He told our classmates that Leah was probably right.
After school I called my sister and told her what everyone had said. She said that schools always produced gossip before facts arrived. I told her that Mr Ortega had sounded firm, and she told me that I should trust staff more than corridor stories.
Walking home I thought about how quickly direct speech becomes reported speech. Each person had offered a version of events, and my diary captured their statements with the tense shifts that English requires when you repeat someone else's words.
I still do not know every detail, but I know what people claimed. Tomorrow I will listen for an official notice and compare it with what Leah, Tom, Maya, and Mr Ortega said today.
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Reported speech: said/told + that — diario; 25+ ejemplos
Practica estilo indirecto en formato diario.
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