Reported Speech

What is Reported Speech

Noticeable changes• Verbs• Pronouns• Adjectives• Adverbs

O EXAMPLEO DIRECT: Mary said: “They are seeing me

tomorrow”O REPORTED: Mary said that they were

seeing her the following day

Verb tensesDIRECT SPEECH

• PRESENT • We study

• We are studying

• PAST • We studied

• We were studying

• FUTURE • We will study

REPORTED SPEECH

• PAST• She said that they studied• She said that they were

studying

• PAST PERFECT• She said that they had studied• She said that they had been

studying

• CONDITIONAL• She said that they would

study

List of Verb Changes

TENSE DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

PRESENT SIMPLEI play tennis with my friends

She said that she played tennis with her friends

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I am playing tennis with my friends

She said that she was playing tennis with her friends

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

I have played tennis with my friends

She said that she had played tennis with her friends

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I have been playing tennis with my friends

She said that she had been playing tennis with her friends

PAST SIMPLEI played tennis with my friends

She said that she had played tennis with her friends

PAST CONTINUOUSI were playing tennis with my friends

She said that she had been playing tennis with her friends

PAST PERFECT SIMPLE

I had played tennis with my friends

She said that she had played tennis with her friends

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I had been playing tennis with my friends

She said that she had been playing tennis with her friends

FUTURE SIMPLEI will play tennis with my friends

She said that they would play tennis with her friends

Time and Place Adverb ChangeDIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

Now Then

Today That day

Tonight That night

Yesterday The previous day / the day before

Last week The previous week / the week before

A __________ agoThe previous ______ / the _____

before

TomorrowThe following day / the day after /

the next day

Next ___________The following ________ / the _______

after

Here There

ThisThese

That Those

Changes in ModalsDIRECT SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

CAN COULD

MAY MIGHT

MUST / HAVE TO MUST / HAD TO

WILL WOULD

Pronouns and Adjectives changes

It depends on the person whom the message is referred to

You are cool!

She said that I was

coolShe said that we

were coolShe said that he

was cool

Adverbs

Direct speech Reported SpeechNOW THEN

YESTERDAYTHE DAY BEFORE

THE PREVIOUS DAY

TOMORROWTHE NEXT DAY

THE FOLLOWING DAY

NEXT (week, month, year...)THE (week, month, year...) AFTER

THE FOLLOWING (week, month, year...)

THIS THAT

HERE THERE

Types of sentences

• Statements• Questions Informative questions Close questions

• Commands

Commands

In commands you change the imperative into infinitive

Example:‘Go and do your

homework’

Paul told his son to go and do his homework

‘Don’t kiss me’

Chris told his mother not to kiss him

The introductory verb in commands is told+object

Let´s see how much you´ve learned