Reported Speech_Revision

Reported Speech

By Vanessa Martín Crespo

​Reported Speech: a review

​Please consider the following verbal changes when facing a Direct Speech sentence

Tense changes

​Also you cannot forget these changes in adverbs and different expressions

​ What we need to do first is, to read the sentence we have and to locate the main verb:

e. g " I adore horror books" Lacey said

Lacey said that she adored horror books​

​Statements

Open Ended

'I'm going to travel around the world next year' Paula informed us. Paula informed us______________

Open Ended

" The situation is serious, you need to stop cheating in class" Mr.Robinson explained to him

Open Ended

"I killed those people last year in the summer camp" Jason admitted

Fill in the Blank

'It wasn't my fault that you didn't pass the exam' Sophia complained

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We need to consider that in English there are two types of QUESTIONS:

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​Questions

1. YES/NO QUESTIONS: 'Do you like museums?'

2. WH-QUESTIONS: ' Which colour do you prefer?'

​Questions

1. YES/NO QUESTIONS: 'Do you like museums?' She asked me if I liked museums

2. WH-QUESTIONS: ' Which colour do you prefer?' She wanted to know which colour I preferred

Fill in the Blank

'Is there any problem?' The janitor wanted to know

Open Ended

"What do you usually do every Friday after school?" the detective inquired

Open Ended

"When did you finish your Secondary Education studies, Brian?" The interviewer wondered

Orders and Requests

​"Write all you know about the French Revolution" Mary asked us

Mary asked us to write all we knew about the American Revolution

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" Don't arrive late"- The boss ordered his employees

The boss ordered his employees not to arrive late​

Fill in the Blank

" Please sit down and copy down everything I say" The teacher demanded John

Open Ended

"Don't go without saying goodbye" Alisson begged John

Open Ended

" Close the window before you go to bed" My mother reminded me

Open Ended

" Don't be so noisy, we are doing an exam" Mr. Evergreen asked us

Suggestions

​"Let's go and visit Laura"- My friend suggested

1) My friend suggested going and visit Laura

2) My friend suggested that we went/go and visited/visit Laura​

Open Ended

" Why don't we go and ask Paul for a ride in his new car"- Marlene suggested

Open Ended

" Why don't you have some days off"- The doctor recommended Sean

Open Ended

"Let's go party tonight, the weather is very nice" Amaia invited us

Open Ended

" Maybe you should sleep more hours"Mary advised Belle

Please do not forget!

​In Reported Speech we use more REPORTING VERBS appart form SAID, TOLD, ASKED, SUGGESTED.

By Vanessa Martín

Any doubt? Any question?