04/14/23 The Reported Speech 1

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 2

You look so tired!You look so tired!

I’m exhausted!I need a holiday.

I’m exhausted!I need a holiday.

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 3

In these sentences you are reporting what Susan said.

Susan said she was exhausted. She needed a

holiday.

Susan said she was exhausted. She needed a

holiday.

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 4

There are some differences between the direct speech (what Susan said) and what Kate later told Mr.Brown.

Can you find them?

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 5

DIRECT ?

I she

am was

need needed

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 6

To report a statement you need a reporting verb:

say (something),

tell (someone) and

ask (questions).

When we want to repeat what someone said we use

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 7

Now see what to do when you report interrogative sentences:

“Do you like travelling?”

She asked me if I liked travelling.

“Where is London?”

She asked me where London was.

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 8

In reported questions, the subject of the question comes before the verb, just as it does in affirmative sentences.

• We use if or whether in reported yes/no questions.

• We keep the wh-word in wh-questions.

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 9

ConditionalHe said he would go to school.

Future“I will go to school.”

Past ContinuousHe said he was going to school.

Present Continuous“I am going to school.”

Past SimpleHe said he went to school.

Present Simple“I go to school.”

Reported SpeechDirect Speech

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 10

thenthat day

the day beforethe following day

beforetherethat

those

nowtoday

yesterdaytomorrow

agoherethis

these

Reported SpeechDirect Speech

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 11

he / shetheyI / we

him / herthem

me / ushis / her

theirmy / our

Iweyoumeus

youmyouryour

Reported SpeechDirect Speech

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 12

Report the following sentences:

1- “I need some sugar to bake this cake.”

Mum said -----------------------------------

SOLUTION

1- Mum said she needed some sugar to bake that cake.

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 13

Report the following sentences:

2- “Do you like this colour?”

The shop assistant asked me -------------------

SOLUTION

2- The shop assistant asked me if I liked that colour.

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 14

Report the following sentences:

3- “My brother will be at home tomorrow.”

Ann said------------------------------------

SOLUTION

3- Ann said her brother would be at home the following day.

04/14/23 The Reported Speech 15

Report the following sentences:

5- “Where are you?”

He asked me --------------------------------

SOLUTION

5- He asked me where I was.