Reported Speech

Reported Speech

What did she say?

She asked us if we had studied reported speech before.

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What is Reported Speech

Requests and Demands

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Grammar Tense Rules

Time

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Modals

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Questions

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What is Reported Speech?

* Talking about what someone else has already said.

** In other words, it refers to statements that recount what someone else has already said or asked.

Example:

Joe: That test was very difficult. Patty: I know, right?

Amy: What did Joe say? Patty: He said that the test was very difficult.

Before we go over the rules: Backshifting

* Backshifting: When we change direct speech to reported speech, we change tenses or "go back" a tense.

Direct Speech

Reported Speech

Sara said, " I am sleepy."

Sara said that she was sleepy."

Simple present tense

"going back a tense", the simple past tense.

Rules:

Reported Speech

Direct Speech

1. Simple Past 2. Simple Past or Past Perfect3. Past Continuous4. Past Perfect Continuous5. Past Perfect6. Past Perfect

1. Simple Present 2. Simple Past3. Present Continuous4. Past Continuous5. Present Perfect6. Past Perfect

She said that she liked chocolate.

I like chocolate.

She said that she forgot her ID. OR She said that she had forgotten her ID.

I forgot to bring my ID.

She said that he was walking.

He is walking.

She said that she had been walking to the bus stop.

I was walking to the bus stop.

She said that she had taken her test.

I have taken my test.

She said that she had completed her test before others.

I had completed my test before others.

Rules:

Reported Speech

Direct Speech

7. "will" becomes "would"8. "will" becomes "would"9. Past Perfect Continuous10. Past Perfect Continuous11. Future Perfect Continuous

7. Simple Future 8. Future Perfect9. Present Perfect Continuous10. Past Perfect Continuous11. Future Perfect Continuous

She said that she would go to the gym..

I will go to the gym.

She said that she would have the book by tomorrow.

I will have the book by tomorrow.

She said that she had been waiting for the results.

She has been waiting for the results.

She said that he had been going to the gym more often.

He had been going to the gym more often. .

She said that by next year, she will have been a teacher for six years.

By next year, I will have been a teacher for six years.

So, What about Modal Verbs?

Reported Speech

Direct Speech

• Could
• Would
• Should
• Had to
• Could
• Might
• Should
• Would

• Can
• Will
• Should
• Must
• May (permission)
• May (possibility)
• Shall (Suggestion)
• Shall (Future)

So, What about Modal Verbs?

Reported Speech

Direct Speech

• Could
• Would
• Should
• Had to
• Could
• Might
• Should
• Would

• Can
• Will
• Should
• Must
• May (permission)
• May (possibility)
• Shall (Suggestion)
• Shall (Future)

Reporting for Questions:

Use IF or WHETHER when reporting Yes/ No questions

Reported Speech

Direct Speech

Tina asked, "Do you want to go out to the movies?"

Tina asked if I wanted to go out to the movies.

We don't need to use IF when reporting questions with question words.

Tina asked what time it was.

Tina asked, "What time is it?"

Requests and Demands:

• Requests
• Treated the same as questions when reporting to someone else.
• For example:
• Direct Speech: "Please, stand up."
• Reported Speech: He asked me to stand up.

• Demands
• Use "told" instead of "asked" when reporting a speech.
• For example:
• Direct Speech: "Don't touch that!"
• Reported Speech: She told me not to touch that.

Time:

• Always consider the time in which the original statement was made.

• If there's time mentioned within a statement, you will have to think about how time relates to the current moment.

• For example:

* Direct Speech: I saw you at the restaurant last night. * Reported Speech: She said that he saw me at the restaurant the night before.

* Direct Speech: Were you in class last week? * Reported Speech: She asked if I had been in class the week prior.

Time:

Reported Speech

Direct Speech

• There
• Then, at the time
• Existing, current
• That day, at the time
• The day after, the next day
• The day before, the previous day
• Before, earlier

• Here
• Now, at the present time
• Present
• Today
• Tomorrow
• Yesterday
• Ago

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