Reported Speech

Reported speech

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We must pay attention to:

• Tenses

• Pronouns, tenses, time and place expressions.

• Pronouns

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

• said

• told

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She ______ her name was Sue.

• said

• told

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He _____________ me that he will win the match

• says

• tells

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Can you ... me what time the film starts?

• say

• tell

• said

• told

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I promise to ... the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

• say

• tell

• said

• told

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Who ... you I wasn't going to the party?

• say

• tell

• said

• told

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Bob promised to ... nothing about it to anyone.

• say

• tell

• said

• told

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Sometimes it's hard to ... one twin from the other.

• say

• tell

• said

• told

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She always ... good morning to her neighbours.

• say

• says

• tell

• tells

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"Put on your new shirt", my mom said.

• My mother asked him to put on my new shirt.

• My mother told me put on my new shirt.

• My mother asked me to put on your shirt.

• My mother told me to put on my shirt.

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"Do your homework!"

My mom told me _____.

• do your homework

• do my homework

• to do your homework

• to do my homework

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"Stop staring at me," she said.

She told him _______.

• stop staring at me

• Stop staring at you

• to stop staring at him

• to stop staring at her

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"Don't make a mess!"

She told me ________.

• don't make a mess

• to make a mess

• not to make a mess

• to not a mess

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“Don't use the mobile in the classroom”

The teacher told the students ________ the mobile in the classroom.

• not to use

• to not use

• to use

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“Students, pay attention please”

Mrs Smith asked the students ________ attention.

• not to pay

• pay to

• to pay

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"Don’t forget to do your homework!"

The teacher told them __________ to do their homework.

• not to forget

• to not forget

• to forget

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Simple present (cry) changes to

• Present continuous (am/is/are crying)

• Future (will cry)

• Past simple (cried)

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Simple past (ate) / Present perfect (have/has eaten) / Past perfect (had eaten) change to

• Past perfect (had eaten)

• Future (will eat)

• Simple past (ate)

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Present perfect continuous (have/has + been + ing) / Past continuous (had + been + ing) change to

• Simple past (arrive=arrived)

• Present continuous (am/is/are + ing)

• Past perfect continuous (had + been + ing)

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Will / Can / Must / May change to

• Would / Can / Must / May

• Would / Could / Had to / Might

• Have / Could / Must / Might

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We don´t change verb tenses in reported speech when:

• The fact being reported is a general truth.

• Reporting something a person has just said

• Reporting something that still is true

• Reporting imperatives statements,

• All options are correct

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Do we always need to 'backshift'?

• Meh, don't know...

• If the sentence/statement is still true now, no.

• Yes.

• No. If the sentence is in the past, we don't need to.

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"I saw him today", she said.

• She said that she had seen him that day.

• She said that she had seen him this day.

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"I saw him yesterday", she said.

• He said that she had seen him the day before.

• He said that she had seen him the day after..

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"I saw her a week ago," he said.

• He said he had seen her a week after..

• He said he had seen her a week before.

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"Where is my umbrella?" she asked

• she asked where is my umbrella.

• She asked me where is my umbrella.

• She asked where her umbrella was.

• She asked me if I had her umbrella.

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"How are you?" Martin asked us.

• Martin asked us how are you?

• Martin asked us how are you.

• Martin asked us are how you.

• Martin asked us how we were.

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"Which dress do you like best?" she asked her boyfriend.

• She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best

• She asked her boyfriend which dress he like best

• She asked her boyfriend which dress did he liked best

• She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best

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"What are they doing?" she asked.

• She ask what they were doing.

• She wanted to know what were they doing.

• She wanted to know they were doing.

• She wanted to know what they were doing.

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"Are you going to the cinema?" he asked me.

• He wanted to know if I was go to the cinema

• He asked if I am going to the cinema

• He wanted to know if I was going to the cinema

• He wanted to know if am I going to the cinema

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"How do you know that?" she asked me.

• She asked me how I knew that

• She asked me I how knew there

• She asked me if I knew that

• She asked me how I had know that

​Extra words for reported speech check-up

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"Billy, go to bed!"

Mum ________ Billy to go to bed.

• A. said

• B. ordered

• C. offered

• D. reminded

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"Please, please let me stay out late tonight."

Molly________ her father to let her stay out late that night.

• A. begged

• B. complained

• C. asked

• D. promised

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"Will you come to my graduation party?"

He ________ me to his graduation party.

• A. begged

• B. said

• C. ordered

• D. invited

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"I didn't steal the sweater from the shop."

Rachel________ stealing the sweater from the shop.

• A. admitted

• B. accused

• C. denied

• D. refused

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"Put your hands in the air."

The police officer________ the robber to put his hands in the air.

• A. warned

• B. commanded

• C. reminded

• D. asked

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"Stop talking or I'll send you to the headmaster's office!"

The teacher ________ to send the student to the headmaster's office if he didn't stop

talking.

• A. threatened

• B. warned

• C. commanded

• D. agreed

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"I have an upset stomach."

He ________ to me of having an upset stomach.

• A. said

• B. apologised

• C. complained

• D. told

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"I'll give you a lift to the train station."

He ________ to give his friend a lift to the train station.

• A. agreed

• B. invited

• C. advised

• D.offered

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"Yes, I broke into the art gallery and stole the paintings."

The thief ________ to breaking into the art gallery and stealing the paintings.

• A. admitted

• B. accused

• C. apologized for

• D. agreed

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“Let’s go for a walk.”

My boy friend ________ going for a walk.

• A. asked

• B. offered

• C. suggested

• D. told

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"You broke my CD player."

My next-door neighbour ________ me of broking her CD player.

• A. warned

• B. accused

• C. complained

• D. said to

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"I am sorry because I forget buying gifts for you on our wedding anniversary."

The husband ________ forgetting buying gifts for his wife on their wedding anniversary.

• A. accused his wife of

• B. complained to his wife of

• C. apologised for

• D. admitted to

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"Could you do me a favor?"

The father ________ his daughter to do him a favor.

• A. asked

• B. told

• C. said to

• D. begged

Practice

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How was your birthday?

He asked me ___.

• how my birthday was

• how my birthday had been

• how was my birthday

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I'm leaving tomorrow.

She said that ___.

• she was leaving tomorrow

• she was leaving the next day

• is leaving tomorrow

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She got married last year.

She said that ___.

• she had got married the year before

• she had got married last year

• she got married the year before

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Complete the sentence with said or told.
He __________ it was okay, they could watch another film.

• said 

• told

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Complete the sentence with said or told.
She __________ him that she didn't agree.

• told

• said

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'I left my homework at home' said Diego.

• He said that he had left my homework at home.

• Diego said that he left his homework at home.

• Diego said that he had left his homework at home.

• He said that he has left his homework at home.

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'I will go shopping to Altama,' said Melissa.

• Melissa said she would go shopping to Altama.

• She said she would go to shop to Altama.

• Melissa said I will go shopping to Altama.

• She said she will go shopping to Altama.