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REPORTED SPEECH
WHEN YOU WANT TO SAY WHAT ANOTHER
PERSON SAID BEFORE, YOU CAN USE THAT
PERSON’S OWN WORDS, AND IT IS
CALLED:
DIRECT SPEECH
 A QUOTATION
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YOU CAN REPORT WHAT THE
OTHER PERSON SAID, USING
YOUR OWN WORDS. IT IS
CALLED:
INDIRECT SPEECH
 Tom: “I love you.”
 Tom said that he loved her.
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TELL OR SAY?
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WHEN WE WANT TO MENTION THE
HEARER, WE USE:
TELL
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WHEN WE DO NOT WANT TO MENTION
THE HEARER, WE USE
SAY
WE DON’T HAVE TO ADD
“THAT” AFTER TELL OR SAY IF
WE DON’T WANT TO
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BUT IN __________ TEXTS IT IS BETTER
TO DO THAT
FORMAL
OTHER REPORTING CLAUSES:
WE CAN USE A CLAUSE WITH THAT WITH
THE FOLLOWING VERBS AND THEY ARE
USED LIKE SAY AND TELL
WHAT VERBS ARE THEY?
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THEY ARE:
ADMIT
 ADVISE
 AGREE
 INSIST
 PROMISE
 REMIND
 SUGGEST
 WARN
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CHANGES
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WHEN WE USE REPORTED SPEECH, SOME
CHANGES TAKE PLACE:
- PERSON
- TIME/PLACE
- VERB TENSES
NOW –˃
CHANGES OF TIME
TODAY –˃
THEN
THAT DAY
YESTERDAY –˃
THAT DAY BEFORE
THE PREVIOUS DAY
TOMORROW –˃
THE NEXT DAY
THE FOLLOWING DAY
TENSE CHANGES
PRESENT SIMPLE –˃
He is tired.
PAST SIMPLE
He was tired.
PRESENT PERFECT –˃
PAST PERFECT
He has eaten.
He had eaten.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS –˃
PAST CONT.
He is playing.
He was playing.
FUTURE SIMPLE –˃
CONDITIONAL
He will go.
He would go.
CAN –˃
COULD
MUST –˃
HAD TO
PAST SIMPLE –˃
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PERFECT
MODAL VERBS WHICH DON’T
CHANGE
C
S
W
M
O
COULD
SHOULD
WOULD
MIGHT
OUGHT TO
QUESTIONS
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DO WE USE AUXILIARIES IN REPORTED
SPEECH QUESTIONS?
FORM A QUESTION:
Are you coming with us?
Reported speech:
He wanted to know if I was going/coming
with them.
QUESTIONS
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THE WORD ORDER IN REPORTED
QUESTIONS IS THE SAME AS:
IN A POSITIVE SENTENCE
He asked me if I had some money.