Reported Speech

Reported Speech

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is in reported speech (or indirect speech, in AmE) ?

• Sue: "I like your shirt."

• Sue said she liked my shirt.

Reported Speech - When to use it?

• to report what somebody else said

Reported Speech - How to use it?

• change the verb tense

• change the pronouns

• change the time expressions (and sometimes place expressions)

Multiple Choice

'I travel a lot in my job.'

Jamila said that she travelled a lot in her job.

Present simple changes to...

• present perfect.

• past simple.

• present continuous.

Multiple Choice

'The baby is sleeping!'

He told me the baby was sleeping.

Present continuous changes to...

• present simple.

• present perfect.

• past simple.

• past continuous.

Multiple Choice

'I have hurt my leg.'

She said she had hurt her leg.

Present perfect changes to...

• past perfect.

• past simple.

• present continuous.

• present perfect.

Multiple Choice

'We lived in China for five years.'

She told me they had lived in China for five years.

Past simple changes to...

• past continuous.

• past perfect.

• it doesn't change

• present perfect.

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'I will find you anywhere.'

The detective said he would find me anywhere.

'Will' changes to...

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'Can you speak Chinese?'

He asked if I could speak Chinese.

'Can' changes to...

Multiple Choice

Danny: 'I'm going to be late'.

Danny told me that he _______________ to be late.

• will be going

• is going

• was going

Multiple Choice

'I've done it!'

I told you that I _____________.

• had done it

• did it

• have done it

Multiple Choice

Paul: 'I won't be late at the meeting tomorrow'

Paul said that he ________ at the meeting the following day.

• couldn't be

• wouldn't be

• won't be

Multiple Choice

Tom said 'I'm going to London tomorrow'

• Tom said he was going to London the following day.

• Tom said he is going to London the following day.

• Tom said he was going to London tomorrow.

Multiple Choice

'There was an accident outside the supermarket'

• He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket.

• He said there were an accident outside the supermarket.

• He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket.

Multiple Choice

"I'll do it tomorrow." He said he ______.

• would do it the next day
• will do it the next day
• is going to do it the next day
• could do it the next day

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In Reported Speech NOW changes to...

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In Reported Speech YESTERDAY changes to...

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In Reported Speech HERE changes to...

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In Reported Speech TODAY changes to...

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In Reported Speech AGO changes to...

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In Reported Speech LAST WEEK changes to...

What are the most frequent reporting verbs?

Multiple Choice

Julie _____ that she would join us after work.

• said

• told

Multiple Choice

She _____ me that she was going running this evening.

• said

• told

Multiple Choice

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

• said

• told

Multiple Choice

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

• said

• told

Let's watch some movies :)

• Harry Potter: https://youtu.be/R9U5qEp_7eE

• The Great Dictator: https://youtu.be/GU_rn1xzItk

Poll

How well are you able to use reported speech?

• RED - Not at all. I need to hear and try it once more.

• YELLOW - I need a bit more practice.

• GREEN - All good.