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4- Reported questions

3- Reported statements

2- Changes

1- When do we use it?

8- Thanks

5- Reported commands / requests

7- Now it's your turn!

6- Reported suggestions

WHEN DO WE USE IT?

• REPORTED SPEECH is used to tell what someone said. Yet, we do not repeat all the words exactly.

- REAL WORDS (direct speech): Tom said “We are reading this book.”Vs - REPORTED SPEECH:Tom said that they were reading that book.

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CHANGES

• Verb Tenses
• Time and place adverbial expressions
• Logical change of pronouns

• EXAMPLE:
• DIRECT: Mary said: “They are seeing me tomorrow”
• REPORTED: Mary said that they were seeing her the following day

Verb changes

Changes in modals

Time and place adverbial change

REPORTED STATEMENTS

• Pay attention to the changes mentioned before.
• Remember not to use inverted commas.
• “That” can be omitted with “tell" and “say”:
• She told him that he was a fool.
• She told him he was a fool.
• She said that I was right
• She said I was right
• Observe that when you use TELL, you must mention the person you’re speaking to.
• John said: “Ann, I’m very happy.”
• John told Ann that he was very happy.

REPORTED QUESTIONS

• Same basic changes as for statements.
• We do not have a question structure, now we have a “statement” (Subject + verb + complements)
• Paul asked: “Are you coming to the party tonight, Jane?”
• Paul asked Jane if she was coming to the party that night.

YES/NO QUESTIONSif/whether + subject + verb + complements

WH-QUESTIONSwh-word + subject + verb + complements

Paul asked: "Do you play volleyball?" Paul asked me if/whether I played volleyball

John asked: " When do you play badminton?" John asked me when I played badminton

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REPORTED COMMANDS/REQUESTS

• Same basic changes as for statements.
• Basic introductory verbs: TELL / ORDER (commands) and ASK / BEG (requests); WARN
• The IMPERATIVE verbal form turns into:
• Affirmative sentences: TO + INFINITIVE
• Negative sentences: NOT TO + INFINITIVE

"Come here," he told me He told me to go there "Don't be late," he told his son. He told his son not to be late

EXAMPLES

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REPORTED COMMANDS/REQUESTS

• Same basic changes as for statements.
• Basic introductory verbs: SUGGEST / RECOMMEND
• There are two options:
• verb + that-clause
• verb + -ing (without specifying the subject)

verb + -ing

verb + that-clause

"Let's go to the cinema," she suggested. She suggested going to the cinema.

"Use a different toothbrush," the dentist recommended. The dentist recommended that I (should) use a different toothbrush.

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OTHER REPORTING VERBS

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