Download Reported Speech

Direct Speech is the exact words someone said.
We use quotation marks (“ ”) in direct speech.
“ I want to help” Mary said.
Reported Speech is the exact meaning of what
someone said, but not the exact words. We don’t
use quotation marks in reported speech. We can
either use the word “that” introductory verb or we
can omit it.
Mary said (that) she wanted to help.
Present simple
“I am thirsty”, the boy said.
Past Simple
The boy said (that) he was
thirsty.
Present Continuous
“He’s sleeping”, she said to me.
Past Continuous
She told me (that) he was
sleeping.
Present Perfect
“ I have washed the car”, he said.
Past Perfect
He said (that) he had
washed the car.
Past Simple
“ I played football”, John said.
Past Simple/ Past Perfect
John said (that) he played/
had played football.
Past Continuous
Past Continuous/ Past
Perfect Continuous
She said (that) they were
dancing/ had been
dancing all night long.
“ We were dancing all night long”,
she said.
Future Simple
“I’ll try again tomorrow”, he said.
Conditional (would)
He said (that) he would try
again the next day.
must
had to
“She must go to bed at 9 o’ clock.” He said that she had to go to bed
he said.
at 9 o’ clock.
can
“My sister can play tennis”, she said.
could
She said that her sister
could play tennis.
will
“I’ll try again tomorrow”, he said.
would
He said that he would try
again the next day.
COULD, SHOULD, WOULD, MIGHT DO NOT CHANGE
Direct Speech
Reported Speech
• tonight, today, this week / month
/ year
• that night, that day, that week / month /
year
• now
• then, at that time / moment,
immediately
• yesterday, last night / week /
month / year
• the day before / the previous day, the
previous night / week / month / year
• tomorrow, next week / month /
year
• the folowing day / the day after, the
following / the next week / month / year
• two days / months / years, etc.
ago
• two days / months / years, etc. before
• here
• there
• come
• go
1) John: "Mandy is at home.“
2) Max: "Frank often reads a book."
Max told me that .
3) Susan: "I'm watching TV."
Susan said to me that .
4) Simon: "David was ill."
Simon said that .
5) Peggy: "The girls helped in the house."
Peggy told me that .
6) Richard: "I am going to ride a skateboard."
Richard said to me that .
7) Stephen and Claire: "We have cleaned the windows."
Stephen and Claire told me that .
8) Charles: "I didn't have time to do my homework."
Charles remarked that .
9) Mrs Jones: "My mother will be 50 years old."
Mrs Jones told me that .
10) Jean: "The boss must sign the letter."
Jean said that .
 REPORTED
QUESTIONS
We introduce reported questions with “ask, wonder,
want to know”
1) When the direct question is a “yes-no” question
and begins with auxiliary (be,do have) or a modal
verb (can, may,…) then the reported question
begins with if/whether
EX:
“Did Tom go to bed last night?” she asked me.
She asked me if/whether Tom went/ had gone
to bed late the previous night.
“Are you tired?” he asked.
He asked if/ whether I was tired.
“Can you get me ice cream, Tom?” asked Tim.
Tim asked Tom if/whether he could get him an
ice cream.
2) When the direct question begins with a question
word (who, where, how long, when, why, what,
etc) the reported question begins with the same
question word
EX:
“Where do you live?” he asked me.
He asked me where I lived.
“ Why did you buy these shoes?” asked Tim.
Tim asked me why I bought/had bought those
shoes.
“How long are you staying here?” he asked.
He asked me how long I was staying there.
 Rewrite the sentences using “Reported Speech”
1) “Do you need any help?” Jeremy asked.
Jeremy asked me if/whether I needed any help.
2) “Where did you go yesterday?” she asked.
She asked me where I went/had gone the day
before/ theprevious day.
3) “What do you do in your free time, David?” Tracy
asked.
Tracey asked David what he did in his free time.
4) “Will you marry me Kate?” Jack asked.
Jack asked Kate if/ whether she would marry
him.
 Rewrite the sentences using the verbs given and
“Reported Speech”
1) Dennis asked Emily: “Are you going to the cinema
tonight?” (wantto know)
Dennis wanted to know if/whether Emily was
going to the cinema that night.
2) My father asked me: “ Have you finished your
hw?” (want to know)
My father wanted to know if/whether I had
finished my hw.
 VERB+ INFINITIVE
 agree, offer, promise, refuse, ask,hope
“Yes, I’ll post the letters.”
He agreed to post the letters.
“Shall I drive you to work?”
He offered to drive meto work.
“Of course I’ll lend you somemoney.”
She promised to lend me some money.
“No, I won’t call her.”
He refused to call her.
 VERB+ OBJECT (SOMEBODY)+ INFINITIVE
 Ask, advise, invite, promise, warn, tell
“Can you help me?”
He asked me to help him.
“Would you like to have dinner with me?”
He invited me to have dinner with him.
“Don’t skate on the lake.”
He warned us not to skate in the lake.
 VERB+ THAT CLAUSE
 agree, complain, explain, hope, promise, point out,
reply, say, suggest, warn
“Yes, it’s a lovely hat”
He agreed that it was a lovely hat.
“You are always interrupting me”
He complained that I was always interrupting him.
“Of course I’ll help you finish it”
He promised that he would help me finish it.
“I don’t like Indian food.”
Mum pointed out that she didn’t like Indian food.
 VERB+ OBJECT (SB) + THAT CLAUSE
 promise, remind, tell, warn
“You have to have injections”
Mum reminded me that I had to have injections.
“I’ll help you with your hw”
She promised me that she would help me with my hw.
 VERB+ ING
 suggest
“Let’s go for a walk.”
He suggested going for a walk.
“ Let’s invite Nisha and her parents for supper.”
Mum suggested inviting Nisha and her parents