REPORTED SPEECH 2º BACH

REPORTED SPEECH

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INTRODUCTION

Verb tense changes

A. STATEMENTS

Time and place expressions changes

Say and tell

B. QUESTIONS

B1.- YES/NO QUESTIONS

B2.- WH- QUESTIONS

C. ORDERS, COMMANDS

C1.- AFFIRMATIVE

Mixed exercises

C2.- NEGATIVE

D. REPORTING VERBS

ÍNDICE

VERB TENSES CHANGES

• Present Simple
• Present Continuous
• Past Simple
• Past Continuous
• Present perfect
• Past perfect
• Present Perfect Continuous
• Past Perfect Continuous
• Will
• Would
• Must
• Should
• Can
• May

• Past Simple
• Past Continuous
• Past Perfect Simple
• Past Perfect Continuous
• Past perfect
• Past perfect
• Past Perfect Continuous
• Past Perfect Continuous

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

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ÍNDICE

TIME-PLACE CHANGES

• That
• Those
• There
• Then / at that moment
• That day
• The day before / the previous day
• The following day / the next day
• That night

• The following morning
• The previous afternoon
• The folliowing week / month / year
• The previous week / month / year
• A week / month / year before
• Go

• This
• These
• Here
• Now
• Today
• Yesterday
• Tomorrow
• Tonight
• Tomorrow morning
• Yesterday afternoon
• Next week/month/year
• Last week/ month/ year
• A week / month / year ago
• Come

ÍNDICE

SAY AND TELL

Say (to somebody)- person not obligatory but if mentioned obligatory 'to' Tell somebody - obligatory the person

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ÍNDICE

A) STATEMENTS

REPORTED SPEECH: we repeat the sentences other people say but without saying the same words.

'My name is Alice?, she said She said (that) HER NAME WAS ALICE. He told me, ' I will go tomorrow' He told me (that) HE WOULD GO THE FOLLOWING DAY.

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B)QUESTIONS

IMPORTANT: the order of the questions in REPORTED SPEECH is ALWAYS the order of an AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE, that is IF+ SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENTS

B.1) YES/NO QUESTIONS - IF/ WHETHER-

' Will you marry me?', she asked him. She asked him IF HE WOULD MARRY HER. S V C He asked me, ' Do you play tennis?' He asked me IF I PLAYED TENNIS

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B)QUESTIONS

IMPORTANT: the order of the questions in REPORTED SPEECH is ALWAYS the order of an AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE, that is WH-+ SUBJECT + VERB + COMPLEMENTS

B.2) WH- QUESTIONS -

'When will you marry me?', she asked him. She asked him WHEN HE WOULD MARRY HER. S V C He asked me, 'How often do you play tennis?' He asked me HOW OFTEN I PLAYED TENNIS

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C)ORDERS AND COMMANDS

Verbs in orders :command, order, warn, ask, advise, invite, beg, teach, & forbid.

C.1) AFFIRMATIVE - TO + VERB (infinitive)

'Come here immediately', he ordered. He ordered TO GO THERE IMMEDIATELY

C.2) NEGATIVE - NOT TO + VERB (infinitive)

'Don't open this window', he ordered. He ordered NOT TO OPEN THAT WINDOW

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ÍNDICE

MIXED EXERCISES

Click to practice Reported Speech mixed exercises

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ÍNDICE

D)REPORTING VERBS

There are some verbs that use special structures and they are called REPORTING VERBS. These are the ones you have to know:

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• PLAY -- PLAYED
• IS PLAYING -- WAS PLAYING
• PLAYED -- HAD PLAYED
• WAS PLAYING -- HAD BEEN PLAYING
• HAS PLAYED -- HAD PLAYED
• HAS BEEN PLAYING -- HAD BEEN PLAYING
• HAD PLAYED -- HAD PLAYED
• HAD BEEN PLAYING -- HAD BEEN PLAYING
• WILL PLAY -- WOULD PLAY
• WOULD PLAY -- WOULD PLAY
• MUST PLAY -- HAD TO PLAY
• SHOULD PLAY -- SHOULD PLAY
• CAN PLAY -- COULD PLAY
• MAY PLAY -- MIGHT PLAY