Reported Speech 4ºESO

We use the reported speech...

• to report what another person has said before

• to repeat the exact words that somebody has said.

The reporting verbs are

• SAY AND SPEAK

• SPEAK AND TELL

• SAY AND TELL

True or False?

The reported speech is usually one tense back into the past:

Pablo, "I like oranges". Pablo said that he liked oranges.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False?

In the reported speech we cannot leave out the word that:

Kevin said that he was twenty. Kevin said he was twenty.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False?

In the reported speech the time expressions change:

Juan: “I feel sad now”. Juan said he felt sad then.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False?

In the reported speech the possessive adjectives change:

Juan, “I work for my company”. He said that he worked for his company.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Report the following situation:

Peter said, “I’m thirsty and hungry”.

• Peter said that he was thirsty and hungry.

• He said he is thirsty and hungry.

• Peter was thirsty and hungry.

Report the following situation:

Tom said, 'I want to visit my friends this weekend.'

• Tom said he wants to visit his friends that weekend

• Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend.

• Tom said he wanted to visit his friends this weekend

Report the following situation:

Susan 'I can come tonight.'

• Susan told me I could come that night.

• Susan told me she could come that night.

• Susan told me she could come tomorrow evening

Report the following situation:

Nate told her, "I won't go with you to the match tomorrow"

• He told her he won't go with her to the match the next day

• He told her he wouldn't go with me to the match tomorrow

• He told her he wouldn't go with her to the match the following day