Reported speech for advanced

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If your friend says 'Can you get me a Drink?'

What your friend said is what we call direct speech (YOU CAN SEE THE EXACT WORDS) BUT....

If you meet somebody on the way to get a drink and you tell HIM/HER THAT... YOU ARE TRANSMITTING WHAT THE OTHER PERSON SAID. tHIS IS REPORTED SPEECH

'mY FRIEND asked me to get him a drink'.

Reported speech

how to do it

1ST contents

A. tenses

b. pronouns/NOUNS/ADJECTIVES

c. modal verbs

d. determiners & Adverbs

reported speech

content

tenses

Tenses usually leap back in time

Example

pRESENT TENSE

tOM SAID THAT HE WANTED A DRINK

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'I WANT A DRINK'

SIMPLE PAST

Example

Simple past

tOM SAID THAT HE HAD WANTED A DRINK

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'I WANTED A DRINK'

PAST PERFECT

BUT!

SOMETIMES TENSES DON'T CHANGE

wHEN A STATEMENT IS STILL TRUE

WHEN THE REPORTED SPEECH HAPPENS VERY SOON AFTER THE ORIGINAL SPEECH

EXAMPLE

SOMETIMES TENSES DON'T CHANGE

wHEN A STATEMENT IS STILL TRUE

'my favourite colour is blue' Her favourite colour is blue (it is still true

EXAMPLE

SOMETIMES TENSES DON'T CHANGE

WHEN THE REPORTED SPEECH HAPPENS VERY SOON AFTER THE ORIGINAL SPEECH 'i'M THIRSTY - HE SAID HE'S THIRSTY

pronouns/nouns/adjectives

Examples

sHE SAID THAT SHE WAS DRIVING AT THAT MOMENT

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'i'M DRIVING RIGHT NOW'

she

i'VE STARTED WRITING MY NEW NOVEL

hE SAID HE HAD STARTED WRITING HIS NEW NOVEL

CONTENTS

MODAL VERBS

MODALS

would

WILL

CAN

COULD

MIGHT

MAY

Example

sHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD HAVE A COFFEE

WILL

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'i'LL HAVE A COFFEE'

WOULD

DETERMINERS & adverbs ALSO CHANGE

content

DETERMINERS/adv

DETS/ADV

THIS

THAT

THESE

THOSE

OUR

THEIR

HERE

THERE

contents

SPOT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO SENTENCES

MARY SAYS ' MY MOTHER IS A NURSE'

mARY SAID THAT HER MOTHER WAS A NURSE .

CONGRATS YOU'VE HAVE JUST GOT THROUGH THE FIRST PART

REPORTING SPEECH

QUESTIONS IN REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTING QUESTIONS

Reported questions are usually introduced with:ask - inquire -wonder- want to know

EXAMPLE

Which actors do you enjoy working with?

They wanted to know which actors I enjoyed working with

DIRECT QUESTION

REPORTED QUESTION

wh-word questions

REPORTING QUESTIONS

If the direct question begins with a question word, the reported question is introduced with the same word.

EXAMPLE

wHERE DO YOU LIVE?

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SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHERE I LIVED

DIRECT QUESTION

REPORTED QUESTION

Questions with auxiliaries

EXAMPLE

iS THERE A BANK NEAR HERE?

hE ASKED ME IF/WHETHER THERE WAS A BANK NEAR THERE.

tHE SAME HAPPENS WITH MODAL VERBS: CAN, MAY, ETC

DIRECT: cAN YOU GO TO THE SHOPS? REPORTED: hE ASKED ME IF i COULD GO TO THE SHOPS .

REPORTING ORDERS

SECTION

oRDER + somebody +(not) to-infinitive

tell + somebody + (not) to-infinitive

Other verbs: warned, advised...

confusing verbs

say + no personal object

say +to+ personal object

tell + personal object

BY Serena

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