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Reporting
Reporting other people’s words
Reported Speech
Quoting – quotation
“I suppose you have heard the latest news about
Lampedusa ”, she said.
 Reporting someone’s actual words (statements
and questions) by using verbs say, reply, ask…)
 Reporting their emotions, tones by using
specific reporting verbs like:
(add, admit, advise, agree, announce, answer,
ask, beg, claim, demand, explain, insist,
order,persuade,promise, remind, reply,…)
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To report what other people have said,
you can use say or a specific verb,
e.g. “I’ll drive you to the airport”.
Jude said he would drive me to the airport.
Jude offered to drive me to the airport.
Different patterns
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Todd offered to drive Yuri to the airport.
I promised not to tell anybody.
The doctor advised me to have a rest.
I persuaded my sister not to go out with George.
I apologized for being so late.
The police accused Yuri of stealing the car.
He denied having done such thing.
He suggested that they should investigate the
matter.
verb +
object
+ infinitive
verb +
infinitive
verb + (that)
verb +
gerund
verb +
object +
preposition
+ gerund
verb +
preposition
+ gerund
advise
encourage
invite
remind
warn
agree
decide
offer
promise
refuse
threaten
admit
agree
decide
deny
explain
insist
promise
recommend
suggest
deny
accuse
admit
recommend blame
apologize
suggest
congratulate insist
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Example:
Todd
encouraged
me to look
for a new
job.
My
brother
refused to
take no
for an
answer
Tom
admitted
(that) he had
tried to
leave early.
He denied
having
anything to
do with the
accident.
They
accused the
boys of
cheating on
the exam.
He
apologized
for being
late.
Reported Speech
Other changes:
direct speech
here
ago
before
last week
next week
now
this
these
today
tomorrow
yesterday
reported speech
there
before
earlier
the week before
the following week
then/that day/at the moment
that
those
that day
the next/ the following day
the day before/the previous day
Reported Speech
QUESTIONS
Wh- questions
She asked me: “What is the problem?”
She asked me WHAT the problem was.
!! WORD ORDER CHANGE!!
Verbal (Yes/No) questions
She asked me: “Have you seen Tom?”
She asked me IF / WHETHER I had seen Tom.
SUMMARY OF REPORTING VERBS
1. Verbs followed by 'if' or 'whether' + clause:
ask
know
remember
say
see
2. Verbs followed by a that-clause:
add
admit
agree
announce
answer
argue
boast
claim
comment
complain
confirm
consider
deny
doubt
estimate
explain
fear
feel
insist
mention
observe
persuade
propose
remark
remember
repeat
reply
report
reveal
say
state
suggest
suppose
tell
think
understand
warn
3. Verbs followed by either a that-clause or a
to-infinitive:
decide
expect
guarantee
hope
promise
swear
threaten
4. Verbs followed by a that-clause containing should
(but note that it may be omitted, leaving a subject +
zero-infinitive):
advise
beg
demand
insist
prefer
propose
recommend
request
suggest
5. Verbs followed by a clause starting with a question
word:
decide
imagine
see
describe
know
suggest
discover
learn
teach
discuss
realise
tell
explain
remember
think
forget
reveal
understand
guess
say
wonder
6. Verbs followed by object + to-infinitive
advise
ask
beg
command
forbid
instruct
invite
teach
tell
warn