Download REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED
SPEECH
=
Speech where we are reporting now on what someone said in
the past.
QUOTED SPEECH VS. REPORTED
SPEECH
• Quoted speech: when we keep the speaker’s exact words and use quotation
marks.
• Reported speech: where we are reporting now on what someone said in the
past and therefore must change the tense, pronouns, etc.
Some examples…
• Jill: I love chocolate.
• Kate: I went to the beach.
REWRITE EACH SENTENCE USING REPORTED SPEECH
Look at what Anthony Horowitz said to a
journalist: (p. 112 – 1a & 1b)
1.
2.
3.
4.
My favourite films are thrillers.  Horowitz said his favourite films were thrillers.
a)
b)
c)
d)
What happens to the verbs when they go into reported speech?
I go to see films three or four times a week.  He told an interviewer he went to see…
I hated living and studying there.  He said that he had hated living and studying there.
I’ve written more than 30 novels.  He told them that he had written more than 30…
What happens to most pronouns and possessive adjectives when they go into reported speech?
What is the difference between say and tell?
After say and tell do we always need to use that?
Extra practice…
• I like English.
• He’s going to the bank.
REPORT THESE SENTENCES BACK TO ME, CHANGING THE
TENSE, PRONOUNS AND POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES.
SAY VS. TELL
• The most common verbs used to report statements are say and tell.
• When tell is used in reported speech, it is always followed by a noun or a pronoun
indicating the person spoken to: Jane told us (that) we were going to the cinema on Saturday.
• Say is not necessarily followed by a noun or a pronoun indicating the person spoken
to: Jane said (that) we were going to the cinema on Saturday.
 TELL + NOUN/PRONOUN
 SAY + TO + NOUN/PRONOUN
OTHER COMMONLY USED VERBS
WITH REPORTED SPEECH ARE…
ADD (añadir)
MENTION (mencionar)
ADMIT (admitir)
OBSERVE (observar)
CLAIM (asegurar, sostener) STATE (declarar, manifestar, enunciar, exponer)
DECLARE (declarar)
REPLY (responder, contestar)
EXPLAIN (explicar)
POINT OUT (mostrar, señalar, puntualizar, remarcar)
INDICATE (indicar)
...
DIRECT SPEECH  REPORTED
SPEECH
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
PRESENT SIMPLE
PAST SIMPLE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PAST CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PERFECT
PRESENT PERFECT
PAST PERFECT
WILL
WOULD (‘D)
CAN
COULD
MAY
MIGHT
MUST/HAVE TO
HAD TO
OTHER WORDS WHICH WE OFTEN CHANGE WHEN
WE PUT STATEMENTS INTO REPORTED SPEECH
• “I read this book last week”.  She said she had read that book the previous week.
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
THIS
THAT
HERE
THERE
TODAY
THAT DAY
YESTERDAY
THE DAY BEFORE
TOMORROW
THE NEXT/FOLLOWING DAY
TONIGHT
THAT NIGHT
NEXT (WEEK/MONTH/YEAR)
THE FOLLOWING (WEEK/MONTH/YEAR)
LAST (WEEK/MONTH/YEAR)
THE PREVIOUS (WEEK, MONTH, YEAR)
A (WEEK/MONTH/YEAR) AGO
A (WEEK/MONTH/YEAR) BEFORE
BE CAREFUL!!
• COULD, WOULD SHOULD & MIGHT do not change from direct to
reported speech!!
• When the reporting verb is in the past but the statement is something which
is still true, or is and will always be true, the tense of the verb in reported
speech USUALLY STAYS THE SAME!!
• “I’m from Poland”.  Monika said she’s from Poland.
REPORTED SPEECH - QUESTIONS
• He asked, “Where do they live?”
• He asked where they lived.
• He asked, “Do they live in Prague?”
• He asked if/whether they lived in Prague.
DS
RS
DS
RS
¡¡¡OJO!!!  We do not use the auxiliary verb DO in reported questions:
“Do you like this newspaper?” = He asked me if I liked that newspaper.
¡¡¡OJO!!!  Reported questions are not real interrogative questions and,
therefore, they do not need question marks (?).
2 TYPES OF QUESTIONS
• YES/NO QUESTIONS: Yes/No questions in reported speech always begin with
the word IF or WHETHER.
• “Do you want to go to the cinema?”  I asked her if/whether she wanted to go to the cinema.
• “Will you go to the party?”  They asked me if/whether I would go to the party.
• WH-QUESTIONS: Wh- questions (WHO, WHAT, HOW, WHY…) in reported
speech always begin with the question word and change from question word order
to statement word order.
• “Where is he?”  They asked me where he was.