Reported Speech presentation

REPORTED SPEECH

Thelma Morones

What is it?

REPORTED SPEECH

iIt is used when we recount what somebody else said to us in the past.

EXAMPLE:

A: What did she say? B: She said that she loves movies.

STEP 1: CHANGE PRONOUNS

STEP 2: CHANGE ADVERBS

STEP 3: CHANGE MODAL VERBS

simple present

The statement stays in the original tense.

EXAMPLE:

A: I want to buy a new car. B: He tells me that he wants to buy a new car.

Simple continuous

The statement changes tense.

EXAMPLE:

A: I am cooking. B: She said that she was cooking.

Simple PERFECT

EXAMPLE:

A: I have seen that show before. B: He said that he had seen that movie before.

simple past

EXAMPLE:

A: I forgot to bring my lunch. B: He said that he forgot to bring his lunch. OR He said that he has forgotten his lunch.

past continuous

EXAMPLE:

A: We were looking for the restaurant. B: He said that they had been looking for the restaurant.

PAST PERFECT

EXAMPLE:

A: I had finished my homework before they arrived. B: She said that she had finished her homework before they arrived.

Simple future

EXAMPLE:

A: We will move to Japan. B: She said that they would move to Japan.

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FUTURE CONTINUOUS

EXAMPLE:

A: I will be going out tonight. B: He said that he would be going out tonight.

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Future Perfect

EXAMPLE:

A: I will have forgotten about it by tomorrow. B: She said that she would have forgotten about by tomorrow.

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present perfect continuos

EXAMPLE:

A: I have been waiting for this day. B: He said that he had been waiting for that day.

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past perfect continuos

EXAMPLE:

A: I had been swimming every day. B: She said that she had been swimming every day.

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future perfect continuous

EXAMPLE:

A: By next year, I wil have been a teacher for two years. B: He said that by next year, he will have been a teacher for two years.

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exercise

Rewrite the direct speech to reported speech in the following statements:

• I am going to visit her next month.
• I won't buy a new couch yet.
• I had remembered to bring a jacket.
• We will be drinking coffe together.
• We had been taking more walks lately.

• I will do my homework later.
• I have taken a photo of the cat.
• I don't know how to drive
• We have been going to this park for years.
• I had never been in this restaurant before.

SOURCES

Jones, M. (2021, April 7). Reported speech rules in English. SpeakUp resources. https://magoosh.com/english-speaking/reported-speech-rules-in-english/ BYJU’S. (2023, October 17). Reported speech - definition, rules and usage with examples. BYJUS. https://byjus.com/english/reported-speech/