Reported Speech

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• Nicky: I’m feeling sad. DIRECT SPEECH

• Nicky said that he was feeling sad.

INDIRECT SPEECH

How can we introduce indirect speech?

AskSay Tell

AnswerExplainWonderMention

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Say or Tell?• Use tell when we want to say with whom

or for whom we are talking about:

Ex: Alan told Mary (that) he didn’t like the blue car.

• In other instances use say:

Ex: Alan said he didn’t like the blue car.

Tenses change in Reported Speech

Present simple Past simple

DS: She said: “Freddy Mercury is dead.”

IS: She said that Freddy Mercury was dead.

Past simple Past Perfect

DS: Sue complained: “I worked too hard!”

IS: Sue complained she had worked too hard.

Future Conditional

DS: Ann told me: “I will go to France.”

IS: Ann told me she would go to France.

Imperative Infinitive

DS: “Bob, take your coat off!”

IS: He told Bob to take his coat off

NOTE:He told Bob NOT TO TAKE his coat OFF

Concluding

• Present forms Past forms

• Past forms Past Perfect forms

• WILL WOULD

Expressions of time and place

Direct Speech Indirect Speech

This/these That/thoseHere There Now Then

Tomorrow The next day Yesterday The day before

Next week/year The following week/ year

Questions in Indirect Speech

• DQ: Mother: “Where did she go?”• RQ: Mother wanted to know where

she had gone.

• DQ: Justin: “Can Bob play the guitar?”• RQ: Justin asked if Bob could play the

guitar.

Commands, requests and suggestions in Indirect Speech

• DS: Father: Switch on the TV, John.• IS: Father told John to switch on the TV.

• DS: Mother: You should carry your umbrella, Mary.

• IS: Mother advised Mary to carry her umbrella.

• DS: Janet, let's play scrabble.• IS: Janet suggested playing scrabble.

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• “I’l go.” • “Shall I help you?” • “No, I won’t do it.”

• “I’ll turn you in!”

He agreed to go.

He offered to help.

He refused to do it.

He threatened to turn me in.

AgreeOfferRefuse INFINITIVEThreaten

REPORTING VERBS

• “You should see the doctor • “You can go out.” • “Please, don’t shout.”

• “I’d like you to go with me!”

He advised me to see...

He allowed me to do out.

He begged me not to shout.

He invited me to go with him.

ADVISEALLOW somebody +BEG INFINITIVEINVITE

REPORTING VERBS

• “SHALL WE HAVE A DRINK?

He suggested having a drink

SUGGEST + ing OR

+ that clause

REPORTING VERBS

He suggested that they go for a drink.He suggested that they went for a drink.He suggested they should go for a drink.