I04 Reporting Speeches

In what way can you report what other person has said?

• You can report using reported speech.

• You can report using quoted speech.

• You can report using reported and quoted speech.

Complete: You can report what another person has said using...

• impose and ask

• verb be and tell

• say and keep

• say and tell

Report this: He said, "I trust you"

(a)  

In reported speech, the verb typically shifts to a...

• present form.

• past form.

• future form.

• past perfect fom.

She said, "I am an honest person", the report is:

• She said I am an honest person.

• She said that she is an honest person.

• She said that she was an honest person.

• she said that she had been an honest person.

Report: he told me, "I don´t believe you"

• He told me that he hadn´t believed me.

• He told me that he didn´t believe me.

• He told me that I was not trusworthy.

Roberto: I said,"your sister lied to me"

• I said that the person had lied to me.

• I said that they lied to me.

• He said that my sister had lied to him.

• I said that she lied to me.

"you shouldn´t talk to strangers" said Hugo.

• Hugo said that a person shouldn´t talk to strangers.

• He said that you shouldn´t talk to strangers.

• Hugo said that I shouldn´t talk to strangers.

"My husband will go", said Lucero.

• Lucero said that my husband would go.

• Lucero said that her husband would go.

In reported speech, the word.....is optional.

• that

• said

• told

• was