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REPORTED SPEECH 2ºBACH

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Created on April 6, 2021

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THE STARKS

THE STARKS

Sansa, Bran, John, You

Sansa:We have a problem!Tyrion told me that he had heard Cercei talking to Jaimie about Bran's accident.

You:What??

John:I know nothing. What did you just say Sansa!?

Sansa:Tyrion told me: " I have heard Cercei talking..."

THE STARKS

Sansa, Bran, John, You

You need to talk to Cercei, Arya!

Bran:

You:What can I tell her?

John: Well…tell her that Sansa told us…

Sansa:I heard her conversation about Bran last week.

THE STARKS

Sansa, Bran, John, You

Sansa:I heard her conversation about Bran last week.

You:So I tell her that Sansa told us that she had heard your conversation about Bran the week before.

Reported Speech

Or how do we say what others have said...

XO XO GOSSIP GIRL

Reported Speech

In Direct Speech... - we have always punctuation signs. - the message is not transformed.

Kanye: " Beyoncé deserves the VMA".

In Indirect Speech... - the message is a little bit altered. - we have an introductory clause like... he said/ I said/ he told me...

Taylor S.: I cannot believed Kanye said that Beyoncé deserved the VMA".

Introductory Clause

He/she/ the teacher said thatShe/he/my mom told me that... My parents claimed that...My friends mentioned that...

The intro. clause tells us:

  • WHO SAID IT: my mom, he, she...
  • WHEN: said/told (in the past)
  • The attitude through a reporting verb

REPORTING VERB

PARTICLEthat, if, wh-pronoun

SPEAKER (of the original sentence)

Reported Speech

We need to look carefully:

  • who is the person speaking.
  • who is the subject of the message.
  • who is the "speaker" and who is the "listener"... : do they appear in the message?

In the message, we need to pay attention to three points:

  1. Verb tense
  2. Pronouns
  3. Time/space references

Reported Speech

We need to pay attention to the modality...

statements

Questions

orders/ requests

suggestions

Statements

Donald Trump said/claimed: "Yesterday I won the elections."

Donald Trump said that he had won the elections the day before.

*that: can be omitted when the message has a subject.... we write it (in brackets)

!GENERAL TRUTHS

"Identity thefts are punished by law", the attorney told her client.

The attorney told her client that identity thefts are punished by law

Questions

YES/NO

"Are you coming for lunch?", my mom asked.

My mother asked if/whether I was coming for lunch.

if/whether

Wh-

"When did you finished Game of Thrones?", John asked.

John asked when I had finished Game of Thrones.

Orders

ask

"Do exercises 1,2 and 3 for tomorrow", Edurne told her students.

Edurne told her students to* do exercises 1,2 and 3 for the following day.

*not to if it is an order not to do something

Requests

ask, beg

"Can you study these tenses for tomorrow?", Edurne asked her students.

Edurne asked her students to* study those tenses for the following day.

Suggestions

"Why don't we go to the cinema this weekend?", James suggested.

A) James suggested that we went to the cinema that weekend.

B) James suggested going to the cinema that weekend.

suggest, recommend, advise, invite...

SO, AS WE HAVE SEEN AT THE BEGINNING...

John: Well…tell her that Sansa told us… Sansa: I heard her conversation about Bran last week. Arya: so I tell her that Sansa told us that she had heard her conversation about Bran the week before.

Underlined: time changesIn red: pronouns In purple: time references

Sansa: I heard her conversation about Bran last week. Arya: so I tell her that Sansa told us that she had heard her conversation about Bran the week before.

El estilo indirecto entonces está en que:

  • Arya tiene que decir lo que Sansa le ha dicho.
Tenemos en cuenta los elementos:
  • El sujeto del mensaje (SANSA) es distinto al que habla (ARYA).
  • Por lo que todo va a pasar a una tercera persona cuando Harry lo diga. (I - She)
  • Todas las referencias temporales toman distancia.

Verb tense

It almost always jumps back in time...

PRESENT SIMPLE/ CONTINUOS

PAST S/C

past simple/ continuous

PAST PERFECT S/C

Present PERFECT S/C

PAST PERFECT S/C

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past PERFECT S/C

PAST PERFECT S/C

WILL

WOULD

CANMAY MUST/HAVE TO

COULDMIGHTHAD TO

Pronouns

YOU

WE

HESHE

I/ME THEY/THEM

PRESENT SIMPLE/ CONTINUOS

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THEY

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MY

YOUR

US

HIS/HER

MY/THEIR

THEM

References

As tenses and pronouns,they are also changed...

here there

This that

these those

References

As tenses and pronouns,they are also changed...

now then

today that day

tonight that night

tomorrow the next day the following day the day after

Next week The following week the week after

References

YESTERDAY the DAY BEFORE The previous day

Last week the week BEFORE The previous week

A month ago the month BEFORE The previous month Last Month

Interview report

"What does playing at the Yankee stadium feels like?" asked Jimmy
"We used to go to games, sit up, could barely see the players... It is a dream come true", said Nick
"Did you guys play baseball growing up?" asked Jimmy
"I played t-ball when I was a kid, but then we got too busy to play" replied Nick