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Reported Speech: February 25th March 4th

The document discusses reported speech, including how to change direct quotes into reported statements, questions, and the tense of the verbs. It provides examples of changing direct quotes that use things like present and past tenses, modal verbs, time expressions, and whether to use "say" or "tell" based on if the listener is identified or not. Reported speech follows specific rules for changing the structure and tense of the direct quote based on these guidelines.

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Reported Speech: February 25th March 4th

The document discusses reported speech, including how to change direct quotes into reported statements, questions, and the tense of the verbs. It provides examples of changing direct quotes that use things like present and past tenses, modal verbs, time expressions, and whether to use "say" or "tell" based on if the listener is identified or not. Reported speech follows specific rules for changing the structure and tense of the direct quote based on these guidelines.

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Reported speech

February 25th March 4th

Direct speech
I’m going home • She said, “I’m going home”.

Reported speech
• She said (that) she was going home.
Reported speech /2

He said, “I love you”


He said (that) he loved me.

Peter said, “I’m seeing the doctor tomorrow”.


Peter said (that) he was seeing the doctor the following
day.
Reported speech /3
Tense in reported speech:
Direct speech Reported speech
• Present simple Past simple
‘I like peaches’. He said he liked peaches.
• Present continuous Past continuous
‘Is it raining?’ He asked if it was raining.
• Past simple Past simple / Past Perfect
‘I didn’t recognize you’. She explained that she
hadn’t recognized /didn’t
recognize me.
• Past continuous Past continuous or past
perfect continuous
‘I was joking about the price.’ He said he was joking (Or:
had been joking) about the
price.
Reported speech /4
Direct speech Reported speech
•Past perfect Past perfect
‘I hadn’t seen her before that day.’ You said you hadn’t seen
her before that day.
• shall / will should / would
‘We’ll be late.’ I told him we’d be late.
• can, may could, might
‘I can swim.’ She thought she could swim.
• must must or had to
‘I must go.’ He said he must / had to go.
Reported speech /5
Reporting questions

Two kinds of questions

1. Yes / No questions

‘Are you leaving?’ he said.


aux s v
He wanted to know if / whether I was leaving.
s aux v
Reported speech /6
2. Wh-questions

‘Where is the President staying?’ the reporter said.

Wh-word aux s v

The reporter asked where the President was staying.


Wh-word s aux v
Reported speech /7
Time expresión

• here there
•now then, at the time
•today that day
• yesterday the day before / the previous day
• tomorrow the next / following day
• this week that week
• last week the week before, the previous week
• an hour ago an hour before / earlier
Reported speech /8
Say or tell

Tell + el oyente

Daniel told me (that) he was ready.

Say no se menciona el oyente

Daniel said (that) he was ready.

Ask, want to know, wonder

‘What’s the problem?’ he said.


He wanted to know / asked (me) / wondered what the problem was.
‘Andrew is working,’ Jessica said.
Jessica said (that) Andrew was working.
‘I’ve fixed the shelves,’ John told Susan.
John told Susan (that) he had fixed the shelves.
‘My money had run out,’ said Daniel.
The steward said we could sit over there.
‘Has the taxi arrived yet?’ someone asked.
Someone asked if / whether the taxi had arrived yet.

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