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REPORTED SPEECH
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What do we need REPORTED SPEECH
for?
 to retell what somebody said / asked / advised /
ordered... so that we could pass on important
pieces of information 
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Jerry told me Ann had bought a new lipstick.
I learned my parents were going to work in a circus.
My best friend announced she was pregnant with my
husband.
Sarah said Jane looked awful in that flowery dress.
How do we form REPORTED SPEECH?
DIRECT SPEECH:
“Ann’s
“Ann’s bought
bought aa new
new lipstick,”
lipstick,” Jerry told me.
REPORTED SPEECH:
Jerry told me that Ann had bought a new lipstick.
Subject + reporting verb + (that) + tense change
REPORTING VERBS
=> to introduce reported speech we can use different verbs
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say => said
tell => told
ask => asked
answer => answered
reply => replied
announce => announced
report => reported
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• reporting verbs are
in the past tense
REMEMBER !!!
• say something
• tell somebody
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
• Present Simple
REPORTED SPEECH
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Simple
• Past Simple
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Simple
• Past Simple
“We hate reported speech,”
my students said.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Simple
• Past Simple
“We hate reported speech,”
my students said.
My students said they hated
reported speech.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Simple
• Past Simple
“We hate reported speech,”
my students said.
My students said they hated
reported speech.
“I can’t stand her terrible
accent,” he said.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Simple
• Past Simple
“We hate reported speech,”
my students said.
My students said they hated
reported speech.
“I can’t stand her terrible
accent,” he said.
He said he couldn’t stand
her terrible accent.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
• Present Continuous
REPORTED SPEECH
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
• Present Continuous
REPORTED SPEECH
• Past Continuous
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
• Present Continuous
“I’m planning to quit the
school,” he told his mum.
REPORTED SPEECH
• Past Continuous
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Continuous
• Past Continuous
“I’m planning to quit the
school,” he told his mum.
He told his mum he was
planning to quit the school.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Continuous
• Past Continuous
“I’m planning to quit the
school,” he told his mum.
He told his mum he was
planning to quit the school.
“You aren’t listening to me,”
she shouted at her dog.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Continuous
• Past Continuous
“I’m planning to quit the
school,” he told his mum.
He told his mum he was
planning to quit the school.
“You aren’t listening to me,”
she shouted at her dog.
She shouted at her dog it
wasn’t listening to her.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
• Present Perfect
REPORTED SPEECH
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect
“I’ve learnt Hamlet by
heart,” she said.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect
“I’ve learnt Hamlet by
heart,” she said.
She said she had learnt
Hamlet by heart.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect
“I’ve learnt Hamlet by
heart,” she said.
She said she had learnt
Hamlet by heart.
“We’ve been driving her
crazy for a long time,”
they admitted.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Present Perfect
• Past Perfect
“I’ve learnt Hamlet by
heart,” she said.
She said she had learnt
Hamlet by heart.
“We’ve been driving her
crazy for a long time,”
they admitted.
They admitted they had
been driving her crazy
for a long time.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
• Past Simple
REPORTED SPEECH
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Past Simple
• Past Perfect Simple
• Past Simple
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Past Simple
• Past Perfect Simple
• Past Simple
“I robbed two banks last
week,” he boasted.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• Past Simple
• Past Perfect Simple
• Past Simple
“I robbed two banks last
week,” he boasted.
He boasted he had robbed
two banks last week.
He boasted he robbed two
banks last week.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
• be going to
REPORTED SPEECH
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• be going to
• was/were going to
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• be going to
• was/were going to
“I’m not going to buy
Christmas presents for
anybody,” he told his
mum.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• be going to
• was/were going to
“I’m not going to buy
Christmas presents for
anybody,” he told his
mum.
He told his mum he wasn’t
going to buy Christmas
presents for anybody.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
• will
REPORTED SPEECH
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• will
• would
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• will
• can
• would
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• will
• can
• would
• could
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• will
• can
• shall
• would
• could
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• will
• can
• shall
• would
• could
• should
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• will
• can
• shall
• would
• could
• should
“I won’t/can’t tell you
everything,” she said.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• will
• can
• shall
• would
• could
• should
“I won’t/can’t tell you
everything,” she said.
She said she wouldn’t/
couldn’t tell me
everything.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
• must
REPORTED SPEECH
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• must
• had to
• must
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• must
• had to
• must
“We must leave soon,” they
said.
Common verb form changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• must
• had to
• must
“We must leave soon,” they
said.
They said they had to/must
leave soon.
How do we form YES/NO REPORTED
QUESTIONS?
DIRECT SPEECH:
“Are you
you proud
proud of
of being
being Czech?”
Czech?” the teacher asked.
“Are
REPORTED SPEECH:
The teacher asked ififwe
wewere
wereproud
proudofofbeing
beingCzech.
Czech.
Subject + reporting verb + if/whether + tense change
How do we form WH-REPORTED
QUESTIONS?
DIRECT SPEECH:
“What
“Whattime
timeare
areyou
youmeeting
meetingthe
thepresident?”
president?” the reporter
asked.
REPORTED SPEECH:
The reporter asked what
meeting
thethe
president.
whattime
timeI was
I was
meeting
president.
Subject + reporting verb + question word + tense change
REPORTED QUESTIONS
REMEMBER !!!
The word order of a reported question is the same
as the word order of an affirmative sentence!
I asked him what the time was.
He didn’t know if she was going to fire him.
How do we report IMPERATIVES?
DIRECT SPEECH:
“Be more careful,” mum told me.
“Don’t forget to phone me!”
REPORTED SPEECH:
Mum told me to be more careful.
He told me not to forget to call him.
Subject + told + object + (not) + infinitive with to
How do we report REQUESTS?
DIRECT SPEECH:
“Can you come on Wednesday evening?” she asked.
“Will you pick me up at the airport?” he asked her.
REPORTED SPEECH:
She asked me to come on Wednesday evening.
He asked her to pick him up at the airport.
Subject + asked + object + (not) + infinitive with to
Common pronouns changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
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I
we
mine
my
myself
me/you
us
ours
he, she
they
his, hers
his, her
himself, herself
him/her
them
theirs
Time references changes
DIRECT SPEECH
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now
at the moment
two days ago
today
tonight
tomorrow
yesterday
last night
REPORTED SPEECH
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then, at that time
at that moment
two days before
that day
that night
the following day
the day before
the night before
Place references changes
DIRECT SPEECH
REPORTED SPEECH
• here
• this place
• these places
• there
• that place
• those place
We do not change the verb form when
 the reporting verb is in the present tense
“I understand everything.”
He says he understands everything.
 we report on something that is always true
He didn’t believe the moon goes round the earth.
Change these quotations into
reported speech
• “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal
education.” (Albert Einstein)
Change these quotations into
reported speech
• “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal
education.” (Albert Einstein)
 Albert Einstein said it was a miracle that curiosity
survived formal education.
Change these quotations into
reported speech
• “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal
education.” (Albert Einstein)
 Albert Einstein said it was a miracle that curiosity
survived formal education.
• “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
(Sir Winston Churchill)
Change these quotations into
reported speech
• “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal
education.” (Albert Einstein)
 Albert Einstein said it was a miracle that curiosity
survived formal education.
• “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”
(Sir Winston Churchill)
 Sir Winston Churchill mentioned history would be
kind to him for he intended to write it.
Change these quotations into
reported speech
• “A man can be happy with any woman as long
as he does not love her.” (Oscar Wilde)
Change these quotations into
reported speech
• “A man can be happy with any woman as long
as he does not love her.” (Oscar Wilde)
 Oscar Wilde said that a man could be happy with any
woman as long as he didn’t love her.
Change these quotations into
reported speech
• “A man can be happy with any woman as long
as he does not love her.” (Oscar Wilde)
 Oscar Wilde said that a man could be happy with any
woman as long as he didn’t love her.
• “The better I get to know men, the more I find
myself loving dogs.” (Charles de Gaulle)
Change these quotations into
reported speech
• “A man can be happy with any woman as long
as he does not love her.” (Oscar Wilde)
 Oscar Wilde said that a man could be happy with any
woman as long as he didn’t love her.
• “The better I get to know men, the more I find
myself loving dogs.” (Charles de Gaulle)
 Charles de Gaulle said that the better he got to know
men, the more he found himself loving dogs.