Transcript Reported Speech Reported speech February 25th March 4th Direct speech I’m going home • She said, “I’m going home”. Reported speech • She said (that) she was.

Reported Speech
Reported speech
February 25th
March 4th
Direct speech
I’m going home
• She said, “I’m going home”.
Reported speech
• She said (that) she was going home.
STOP TALKING.
?
HE TOLD ME TO STOP TALKING.
Imperative sentences:
*To report imperative sentences, we use the structure:
reporting verb+object+(not)+to-infinitive.
‘Don’t worry,Mickey,’ Jen said.
Jen asked
Mickey
not
to worry.
reporting verb
object
(not)
to-infinitive
*other verbs can be used in this structure
advise encourage invite remind warn
‘Don’t believe every ad you read,’ Lily said to me.
Lily advised me not to believe every ad I read.
Let’s do some Ex for consolidation!You can do it well!
Practice: Change the following sentences
into direct speech.
1 The teacher reminded me not to forget to learn the
dialogue by heart.
The teacher said to me, ‘Don’t forget to learn the
dialogue by heart.’
2 My brother ordered me to go there at once.
My brother said, ‘ Come here at once.’
3 My father warned us not to throw the waste paper
everywhere.
My father said to us, ‘Don’t throw the waste paper
everywhere.’
DON’T BE LATE.
HE TOLD HER
NOT TO BE
LATE.
Reported speech
Ahmad said that: •
he would study hard
Ali said he -------------- •
He would catch the •
butterfly
Ahmad said that: •
he knew the answer •
I sent an e-mail
to you
yesterday
Ann
Joan said that:----------- •
She had sent to her an e- •
mail the day before
Joan
He is very
sick
The nurse said •
that------He was very sick •
Salma said that:---------------She might visit her next day
I may visit
you
tomorrow
SALMA
LAILA
I can’t find
the answer
Ali said that:------He couldn’t find the •
answer
Reported speech /3
Reported speech
Past simple
He said he liked peaches.
Past continuous
e asked if it was raining.
Past simple / Past Perfect
She explained that she
hadn’t recognized /didn’t
recognize me.
Past continuous or past
erfect continuous
He said he was
had been joking)
price.
Direct speech
Present simple •
‘I like peaches’.
Present continuous •
‘Is it raining?’
Past simple •
‘I didn’t recognize you’.
Past continuous
‘I was joking about the price.’
joking (Or:
about the
•
I NEVER KNOW WHAT
TO DO WITH MONEY.
?
HE SAID THAT HE NEVER KNEW
WHAT TO DO WITH MONEY.
HE SPENT ALL HIS MONEY.
HE SAID THAT HE HAD
SPENT ALL HIS MONEY.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND ?
HE ASKED ME IF I
UNDERSTOOD.
Peter said, “I’m seeing the doctor •
tomorrow”.
Peter said (that) he was seeing the •
doctor the following day.
He said, “I love you” •
He said (that) he loved me. •
Reported speech /4
Direct speech
Reported speech
•Past perfect
Past perfect
‘I hadn’t seen her before that day.’ You said you hadn’t seen
her before that day.
• shall / will
‘We’ll be late.’
should / would
I told him we’d be late.
• can, may
could, might
‘I can swim.’
She thought she could swim.
• must
must or had to
‘I must go.’
He said he must / had to go.
Reported speech /5
Reporting questions
Two kinds of questions
1. Yes / No questions
‘Are you leaving?’ he said.
aux s
v
He wanted to know if / whether I was leaving.
s
aux v
WHY IS SHE ALWAYS LATE?
?
HE ASKED
WHY SHE WAS ALWAYS LATE.
Reported speech /6
2. Wh-questions
‘Where is the President staying?’ the reporter said.
Wh-word aux
s
v
The reporter asked where the President was staying.
Wh-word
s
aux v
Mum says, “Why aren’t you at school?” •
Mum wants to know why you aren’t at •
school.
Reported speech /7
• here
there
•now
then, at the time
•today
that day
• yesterday
the day before / the previous day
• tomorrow
the next / following day
• this week
that week
• last week
the week before, the previous week
• an hour ago
an hour before / earlier
Reported speech /8
Say or tell
Tell
+someone
Daniel told me (that) he was ready.
Say
Daniel said (that) he was ready.
Ask, want to know, wonder
‘What’s the problem?’ he said.
He wanted to know / asked (me) / wondered what the problem was.
‘Andrew is working,’ Jessica said.
Jessica said (that) Andrew was working.
‘I’ve fixed the shelves,’ John told Susan.
John told Susan (that) he had fixed the shelves.
‘My money had run out,’ said Daniel.
Daniel said his money had run out.
‘You can sit over here,’ the steward said.
The steward said we could sit over there.
‘When did you start acting, Melissa?’ Guy said.
Guy asked Melissa when she had started acting.
‘Has the taxi arrived yet?’ someone asked.
Someone asked if / whether the taxi had arrived yet.