L7 - Reported Speech

L7 - Reported Speech

Colegio Malvar

Reported Speech - Statements

• When do we use reported speech? Sometimes someone says a sentence, for example "I'm going to the cinema tonight"

• We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'.

• If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech:

• Direct speech: I like ice cream.

• Reported speech: She said (that) she liked ice cream.

Multiple Choice

Direct Speech: "We saw James at the football match"

Indirect Speech: They mentioned that .................. at the football match.

• we have seen James

• they had seen James

• they has seen James

• we had seen James

Multiple Choice

Direct Speech: "I hate shopping at weekends"

Indirect Speech: My dad claims ........................ at weekends.

• that I hate shopping

• which my dad hate shopping

• that he hates shopping

• which he ate shopping

Multiple Choice

Direct Speech: "They went to Mexico in the winter"

Indirect Speech: He says ............................ in the winter.

• that they had gone to Mexico

• That he has gone to Mexico

Reported Speech - Questions

• How can we make the reported speech in questions?

• The tense changes are the same, and we keep the question word.

• Direct speech: Where do you live?

• Reported speech: She asked me where I lived.

• Do you see how I made it? The direct question is in the present simple tense. We make a present simple question with 'do' or 'does' so I need to take that away. Then I need to change the verb to the past simple.

Multiple Choice

Direct Speech: "Do you play chess?"

Indirect Speech: .....................

• He asked me do I play chess.

• He asked me if I did play chess.

• He asked me did I play chess.

• He asked me if I played chess.

Multiple Choice

Direct Speech: "Do we have a test tomorrow?"

Indirect Speech: .......................

• I’ve forgotten do we have a test tomorrow?

• I’ve forgotten if we have a test tomorrow.

• I’ve forgotten have we a test tomorrow?

How to Use 'Say' and 'Tell'?

• In reported statements, we can use either 'say' or 'tell'. The meaning is the same, but the grammar is different. For example:

• Direct speech: John: "I'll be late".

• Reported speech: John said (that) he would be late.

• OR ...

  John told me (that) he was going to be late.

• ARE YOU READY TO PRACTICE?

Multiple Select

QUESTION 1:

Julie ............... that she would join us after work.

• SAID

• TOLD

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 2:

She ............. me that she was going running this evening.

• SAID

• TOLD

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 3:

John ............ us that he couldn't come to the party.

• SAID

• TOLD

Multiple Choice

QUESTION 4:

John ........... that he had been to the cinema at the weekend.

• SAID

• TOLD

PRONOUNS IN REPORTED SPEECH

• Changes to personal pronouns in indirect reports depend on whether the person reporting the speech and the person(s) who said the original words are the same or different.

• DIRECT SPEECH: ‘I don’t want to shock people,’ Tom said.

• INDIRECT SPEECH: Tom said he didn’t want to shock people.

• Explanation:

• different speakers (I changes to he)

Multiple Choice

Direct Speech: Jacob: "I work in an office."

Indirect Speech: Jacob told me (that) ......... worked in an office.

• I

• ME

• HE

• HIM

Multiple Choice

DIRECT SPEECH: Ryan and Lucas: "We play football."

INDIRECT SPEECH: Ryan and Lucas told me (that) .......... played football.

• THEY

• THEM

• WE

• OUR

Multiple Choice

DIRECT SPEECH: Julian: "I will have to borrow your pencil."

INDIRECT SPEECH: Julian told me (that)....... would have to borrow ...... pencil.

• HE / MY

• I / HER

• HE / HIS

• I / MY

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