REPORTED SPEECH What is it ? How do you use it? We use it when we want to tell another person about...

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REPORTED SPEECH What is it ? How do you use it? We use it when we want to tell another person about a conversation that took place in the past (e.g telephone call, news or a story that someone told us, etc.) Where’ s Tom? He said he was feeling ill.

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REPORTED SPEECHWhat is it ? How do you use it?

We use it when we want to tell another person about a conversation that took place in the past (e.g telephone call, news or a story that someone told us, etc.)

Where’s

Tom?

He said he was feeling

ill.

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DIRECTDIRECT•Am, is, areAm, is, are•ShallShall•willwill•CanCan•MayMay•MustMust•Have/has toHave/has to•Ought toOught to

INDIRECT INDIRECT •Was/were•Should•would•Could•Might

•Had to

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WILL

He said, “I'll come and see you soon.”

WOULD

He said that he would come and see me soon.

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CAN

He said,“I can swim under water for two minutes.”

COULD

He said that he could swim under water for two minutes.

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MUST

She said,“All tickets must be bought in advance.”

HAD TO

She said that all tickets had to be bought in advance.

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CHANGES OF ADVERB OF TIME & PLACEDIRECT

•NowNow

•TomorrowTomorrow

•Next weekNext week

•TonightTonight

•TodayToday

•HereHere

•ThisThis

•TheseThese

INDIRECT •Then

•The next day

•The following week

•That night

•That day

•There

•That

•Those

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CHANGES OF TENSES

DIRECT

•PRESENT SIMPLE

•PRESENT

CONTINUOUS

INDIRECT

•PAST SIMPLE

•PAST CONTINUOUS

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EXAMPLES

PRESENT SIMPLE

He said, “I eat vegetables.”

PAST SIMPLE

He said that he ate vegetables.

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PRESENT

CONTINUOUS

She said “I'm having lunch with my parents today.”

PASTCONTINUOUS

She said that she was having lunch with her parents that day.

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Direct speech:

He said

He said to John

• Reported speech

He said that

He told John that

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1. STATEMENT

He said

He told John THAT REPORTED SENTENCE

Reported Statement:

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STATEMENT EXAMPLE

DIRECTDIRECT

“We are going to visit Brighton tomorrow,” they said to me.

INDIRECT INDIRECT

They told me that they were going to visit Brighton the following day/ the next day.

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DIRECTDIRECT1.1.My uncle said to my sister: “I cannot My uncle said to my sister: “I cannot come on your birthday party next month.”come on your birthday party next month.”

2.2.Anita said to Viola,“ I have to study for Anita said to Viola,“ I have to study for my exams today.”my exams today.”

3.3.My friend said to me, “I ‘ll have a shower My friend said to me, “I ‘ll have a shower now and then I’ll call you.”now and then I’ll call you.”

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IndirectIndirect1.My uncle told my sister that he couldn’t come on her birthday party the following month. 2.Anita told Viola that she had to study for her exams that day.3.My friend told me that she would have a shower then and then she would call me.