REPORTED SPEECH REVIEW

​​​Reported Speech

Indirect Speech​

By Richard Cruz

What someone said, told, or asked...​

Reported Speech (RS)

​What is it?

RS allows us to tell someone what another person said before.

In reported speech we don't need to use the exact words that were used by the first person.

• She said (that) she loved you.

• He told me (that) they would come ​at eight.

​Reported Speech

• 'I love you.'

• We'll come at eight.'

​Direct Speech

Reported vs. Direct Speech

In DS you use the exacts words, in other words you cite what the other person said.

• Jack said (that) ___________________.

​Reported Speech

• Jack: 'I don't want to go to the party.'

​Direct Speech

Reported vs. Direct Speech

In DS you use the exacts words, in other words you cite what the other person said.

Multiple Choice

Jhon: "I am so tired of this work"

Jhon said that ________________

• He will be tired of this work

• He is tired of this work

• He was tired of that work

Multiple Choice

Jason asks me: "Are you having fun?"

• He asked me if I was having fun

• He asked me if was I having fun?

Multiple Choice

Carl: " The alien has 4 heads"

• Carl said the alien has 4 heads.

• Carl said the alien had 4 heads.

• Carl said alien had 4

Reported Speech

​Consider this information

• Use reported speech to report (to tell somebody) what another

person said.

• We often introduce reported speech with "said" or

  "told (+ person)"

• After said or told 'that' is optional.

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Reported Speech

​Consider this information

Pronouns often change in reported speech,

e.g. I changes to he or she.

​

DS: 'I'm tired.'

RS: She told me (that) she was tired.

​

Subject pronouns, object pronouns and even possessives change in reported speech

say or

tell​

​what is the difference?

You must use told with an object.

​

He told me that ​he loved me.

​TOLD

​SAY

What is the difference?

You can't use said with an object or pronoun.

He said to me ​that he loved me.

He said that he loved me.​

YES/NO QUESTIONS

-USE THE VERBS ASKED, WONDERED OR WANTED TO KNOW TO REPORT
QUESTIONS.

-USE IF OR WHETHER TO INDICATE IT'S A YES/NO QUESTION.

-CHANGE THE TENSES, PRONOUNS AND TIME CLAUSES AS USUAL.

-CHANGE THE ORDER INTO AN AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE.

Do you like your new house? Asked Sam.

Sam asked whether I liked my new house.

Have you traveled to Europe this year?

Carl wondered if I had traveled to Europe that year.

WH- QUESTIONS.

-USE THE VERBS ASKED, WONDERED OR WANTED TO KNOW TO REPORT
QUESTIONS.

-USE THE QUESTION WORD.

-CHANGE THE TENSES, PRONOUNS AND TIME CLAUSES AS USUAL.

CHANGE THE ORDER INTO AN AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE.

"Where are you going?"

Kim asked where her mom was going.

"Why did you go to the doctor?"

Jim wanted to know why I had gone to the doctor.

Multiple Choice

Peter asks me: "What time is it?"

• He asked me what time it was

• He asked me what time is it

Open Ended

Change to reported question begins with

She asked me:

"Where is he?"

Reported Speech and Tense

She said that ____________________________________.

​Reported

Marie: 'I am happy to drive you to the airport.'​

​Direct

Tenses and other changes

Some text here about the topic of discussion

He said that he knew what to do.

​

He said he had known what to do.

​

He said he had known what to do.​

​Reported

Zack: 'I know what to do.'

​

Zack: 'I knew what to do.'

​

​Zack: 'I have known what to do.'

​Direct

Tenses and other changes

​Reported

present simple​

present continuous

present perfect

future (will)

​past simple

can​

past perfect​​

​Direct

Tenses and other changes

past simple​

past continuous

past perfect

would

past perfect

could

past perfect​​​

​Reported

present simple​

present continuous

present perfect

future (will)

​past simple

can​

past perfect​​

​Direct

Tenses and other changes

Let's practice

Multiple Choice

She said, "I am working in a hospital."

• She told me that I was working in a hospital.

• She told me that she was working in a hospital

Multiple Choice

Melissa said, "I have been to India three times.”

• Melissa said that I had been to India three times.

• She said that she has been to India three times.

• She said that she had been to India three times.

Multiple Choice

The police officer told me, "You must drive slowly here".

• The police officer told me that I had to drive slowly here.

• The police officer told me that you had to drive slowly here.

Multiple Choice

He said, “I will have been happy."

• He said that I would have been happy.

• He said that he would have been happy.

• He said that he will have been happy.

Multiple Choice

Maria said, "The boss must sign the letter."

• Maria said that the boss must sign the letter.

• She said that the boss had to sign the letter.

Multiple Choice

Peter said, "Tomas went to the Stadium yesterday."

• Peter told me that Tim went to the Stadium the day before.

• Peter told me that he went to the Stadium the day before.

• Peter told me that he had gone to the Stadium the day before.

Multiple Choice

Paul told me, "My mother will celebrate her birthday next week."

• Paul told me that my mother would celebrate her birthday next week.

• Paul told me that his mother would celebrate her birthday next week.

• Paul told me that his mother would celebrate his birthday next week.

Multiple Choice

They said, "We have been waiting for the tickets for three hours."

• They said that they had been waiting for the tickets for three hours.

• The said that we had been waiting for the tickets for three hours.

Multiple Choice

He asked, "Did you break the glass?"

• He asked if I broke the glass.

• He asked if I had broken the glass.

Multiple Choice

He said, "I will help him."

• He said that I would help him.

• He said that he would help him.

• He said that I would help him.

Multiple Choice

They said, "We loved the concert."

• They said that we loved the concert.

• They said that we had loved the concert.

• They said that they had loved the concert.

Multiple Choice

Present continuous changes to

• Past continuous

• Present simple

• Past simple

Multiple Choice

My friend: "you can be whatever you want"

My friend told me me that _______________

• I could be whatever I wanted

• I can be whatever I wanted

• I should be whatever I wanted

Multiple Choice

Mike and Josh says: "We didn't finish our homework"

• They said they hadn't finished their homework

• They said they didn't finish our homework

Multiple Choice

Jason says: "I will have finished my report on monday"

• He said he would have finished his report on monday

• He said he would finish his report on monday

• He said he would have finish his report on monday

Multiple Choice

Peter asks me: "What time is it?"

• He asked me what time it was

• He asked me what time is it

Multiple Choice

Alison asks me: "Do you have a pet?"

• She asked me if I had a pet

• She asked me if Do I have a pet?

Multiple Choice

Steve asks: "Can you drive?"

• He asked me if I could drive

• He asked me if can I drive?

• He asked me if could I drive

Open Ended

Write the following sentence in reported speech in the correct tense: "We are watching TV". They said...

Open Ended

Write the following sentence in reported speech in the correct tense: "I will wash the clothes later" She told me...

Multiple Choice

My mother said, "Don't touch the hot pan!"

My mother told me_________________.

• do not touch the hot pan

• not touch the hot pan.

• not to touch the hot pan.

Multiple Choice

My father said, "Don't get married yet."

He told me ___________________________.

• not to get married yet.

• do not yet get married.

• don't get married yet.

Multiple Choice

My teacher said, "Don't speak so loud!"

Change it to reported speech.

• My teacher said do not speak so loud.

• My teacher said not to speak so loud.

Multiple Choice

The lady said to her son, "Don't play video games all day."

She told him___________________________.

• to not play video games all day.

• not to play video games all day.

• not play video games all day.

Multiple Choice

"They hadn't eaten breakfast before school"
She told me they ____ breakfast before school.

• didn't eat
• haven't eaten
• hadn't eaten
• hadn't been eating

Multiple Choice

John says. "The soldiers are marching very smartly."

• John says that the soldiers were marching very smartly

• John says that the soldiers marched very smartly

• John says that the soldiers are marching very smartly.

Multiple Choice

The children say, "The film was exciting."

• The children say that the film is exciting

• The children say that the film was exciting

• The children say that the film had been excited.

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Lee says, "This dress is beautiful."

• Mrs. Lee says that this dress is beautiful

• Mrs. Lee says that this dress was beautiful

• Mrs. Lee says that this dress has beautiful

Multiple Choice

"Who is that stranger at the counter?" asks the boy.

• The boy asks nothing.

• The boy asks if there's any stranger.

• The boy asks who that stranger at the counter is.

Multiple Choice

"The train has just left the station." says the man.

• The man says that the train hasn't left the station.

• The man says that the train has been leaving the station.

• The man says that the train has just left the station.