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Reported Speech: February 25th March 4th

Here are the reported responses: My partner said their favorite sport was soccer and that they had taken it up when they were 10 years old. They said their plans for their next vacation were to visit their grandparents in another city and spend a week with them. My partner told me they had known their best friend for 15 years and described them as funny, loyal and always up for an adventure. They said they liked pop music and had listened to that kind of music since they were a teenager. When I asked about predictions for the future, my partner said they thought technology would continue advancing rapidly. My partner explained that on a typical Saturday afternoon they would relax at home, watch movies and spend time

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Reported Speech: February 25th March 4th

Here are the reported responses: My partner said their favorite sport was soccer and that they had taken it up when they were 10 years old. They said their plans for their next vacation were to visit their grandparents in another city and spend a week with them. My partner told me they had known their best friend for 15 years and described them as funny, loyal and always up for an adventure. They said they liked pop music and had listened to that kind of music since they were a teenager. When I asked about predictions for the future, my partner said they thought technology would continue advancing rapidly. My partner explained that on a typical Saturday afternoon they would relax at home, watch movies and spend time

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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
Changes
• Backshift (tenses):
He said, “I love you”
He said (that) he loved me.
• Orden de las palabras
Mum asked me, “Why aren’t you at school?”
Mum asked me why I wasn’t at school.
• Pronouns
• Other words
Peter said, “I’m seeing the doctor tomorrow”.
Peter said (that) he was seeing the doctor the following
day.
Reported speech /3
Tenses:
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.
• will 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 had to
‘I must go.’ He said he 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/ asked 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
Otras palabras

• 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
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.
‘I’ve fixed the shelves,’ John told Susan.
‘My money had run out,’ said Daniel.
‘You can sit over here,’ the steward said.
‘When did you start acting, Melissa?’ Guy said.
‘Has the taxi arrived yet?’ someone asked.
If you put a command into Reported speech there
are some steps which are the same like in
statements: (changing of the person, backshift of
tenses, changing of expressions of time).
The form is mostly: form of to tell/ask + to +
infinitive.

Affirmative commands Negative commands


Teacher. "Don't talk to your
Father: "Do your homework."
neighbour."
Father told me to do my The teacher told me not to
homework. talk to my neighbour.
Ask you partner the following questions making sure to take good
After you have finished the questions, find a new partner and report
what he/she said
• What is your favorite sport and when did you take it up?
•What are your plans for your next vacation?
• How long have you known your best friend? Can you give me a description
•f him/her?
•What kind of music do you like? Have you always listened to that kind of
music?
• Do you have any predictions about the future?
• Can you tell me what you do on a typical Saturday afternoon?
• What are your plans for the weekend? What may you/ may not do?

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