Reported Speech

REPORTED SPEECH
' I know quite a lot of people here.' Robert said. 'John is feeling much better ' Paul said. ' I enjoyed my holiday in the States' David said. 'Jackie wasnt feeling very well ' The teacher said. ' They've seen the Eiffel Tower ' John said. Present Simple Present Continuous Simple Past Simple Past He said that he ............................... quite a lot of people there He said that John ...........................much better He said that he ............................... his holiday in the States He said that Jackie ......................... very well He said that they ............................ the Eiffel Tower He said that he ............................ for ages He said that nobody .................... about the storm She said that she ........................ all day

Past Continuous Past Perfect

Past Continuous Present Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous Past Perfect

' I have been waiting for ages ' My father said.

' Nobody had warned them about the storm ' The politician said. ' She had been reading all day ' Brenda said.

Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Past Perfect Continuous

REPORTED SPEECH

' I will be here with you.' Robert promised me.

Future Simple

Conditional Present

Robert promised that he ............................... there with me Paul said that John ........................... to study French David said that we ............................... start the lesson

'John is going to study French ' Paul said. ' We can start the lesson' David said.

Be going to

Was/Were going to Could

Can

' They may come home ' My husband said.

May

Might

My husband said that they ......................... come home

' You must be quiet in class ' The teacher said.

Must

Had to

The teacher said that we ............................ be quiet in class

REPORTING STATEMENTS Useful introductory verbs. ADD ADMIT + ing ANSWER ARGUE ASSURE BOAST about COMPLAIN to .. about DENY + ing EXPLAIN GRUMBLE about OBJECT to + ing OBSERVE SAY & TELL

POINT OUT PROMISE PROTEST against /about REMARK REMIND someone of REPLY

REPORTING STATEMENTS

agree, refuse, offer, promise, threaten + infinitive Ann: Would you wait half an hour Tom: All right Chris: Would you lend me another 50? David: No, I wont lend you any more money
accuse of, admit, apologize for, deny, insist on + gerund You took me the money! I stole/ didnt steal it! I am sorry Im late Let me pay, please, let me

REPORTING QUESTIONS

YES / NO QUESTIONS

There is no inversion (subject/verb) If or whether after the reporting verb Are you working these days? he said. He inquired if/whether I was working those days Did you speak to John last night? she asked She wanted to know if I had spoken to J, the night before.

REPORTING QUESTIONS

WH- QUESTIONS

When Who or What are subjects of the sentence we dont change the word order Who told you this story? He asked me who had told that story What happens? He wanted to know what happened. The word order is a positive one, without inversion (subject/verb) Where did you go last summer?. He asked me where I had gone the previous summer.

Some verbs we can use as reporting verbs: ask, enquire, wonder, would like to know, want to know

REPORTING COMMANDS

The imperative changes into infinitive He said to us: Stay here He told us to stay here
The reporting verb must indicate order He said: Be quiet He told me to be quiet Apart from Tell other verbs can be used: ask, beg, invite, warn, order, command, instruct,... Say that again, he said to me He asked me to say that again

REPORTING REQUESTS
The verbs used are: beg, ask, demand & request and they are situated before the requested person. The word please is omitted When let is used in direct speech it must appear in the reported too but omitting the modal verb. When let is not used the modal is not omitted. John, dont open the window, please I said I asked /requested/begged John not to open the window. Can you let me use your phone, please? I asked my neighbour I asked my neighbour to let me use her phone Can I use your phone? I asked my neighbour I asked my neighbour if I could use her phone.

REPORTING SUGGESTIONS We normally use suggest + gerund to report them Also suggest that + subordinate sentence The suggestions : Lets, why dont we, shall we, why not are omitted Lets go to the theatre she said. Why dont we go to the theatre? Shall we go to the theatre? She suggested going to the theatre She suggested that we could go to the theatre

Lets not argue again, he said. He suggested not arguing again He suggested that they should not argue again.