Reported Speech General Review and Practice
- 1. Direct Speech vs Reported Speech Reported Speech
- 2. Direct speech: He said: “I speak English” Reported speech: He said that he spoke English If we report what another person has said, we usually don’t use the speaker’s exact words (direct speech, and we use “”), but reported speech.
- 3. 03 04 Pronouns 01 Place and time expressions 02 Possessive adjectives Tenses When reporting, consider changing…
- 4. Backshifting Direct Speech Reported Speech Present simple Past simple Present continuous Past continuous Past simple / Present Perfect Past Perfect Future “going to” Was/were going to Future “will” / would would Can Could Must Had to
- 5. Direct Reported Today / tonight That day / that night Now Then / at that moment Yesterday The day before / the previous day … days ago … days before Last week The week before / the previous week Next year The following year / the year after Tomorrow The next day / the following day / the day after Time Expressions
- 6. Direct Reported Here There This That These Those Place Expressions
- 9. ●Common verbs: say and tell ●The conjunction “that” can always me omitted ●Joaquin said: “I don’t like Real Zaragoza” ○Joaquin said (that) he didn’t like Real Zaragoza ○Joaquin told me (that) he didn’t like Real Zargoza Statements
- 10. Say vs tell Say (to someone) that… He said that he was ill He said to Jane that he was ill He said me that he was ill Tell someone that… Jerry told me that he loved studying Jerry told that he loved studying Jerry told to me that he loved studying
- 11. Other verbs for statements • Announce (to sb) • Complain • Explain (to sb) • Reply • Mention • Add • Inform sb • Insist • Reveal
- 13. Questions Alicia: “Dora, are you coming to the party tomorrow?” Dora: “What time is the party?” Tom tells Mike what’s happening: Alicia asked Dora if she was going to the party the following day and Dora wanted to know what time the party was.
- 14. Questions • Yes-No questions: we use if or whether (Short Questions) • “Dora, are you coming to the party tomorrow?” • Alicia asked Dora if she was going to the party. • Wh-questions: we use “wh-words” (Long Questions) • “What time is the party?” • Dora asked what time the party was
- 15. Questions • The order of the sentence must be • Subject + verb + object • Anne asked where lived Mary • Anne asked where Mary lived
- 16. Other verbs for questions • Ask • Want to know • Wonder • “Do you like chocolate?” she asked • She wanted to know if I liked chocolate • “Did you speak to Jorge last night?” he asked • He wondered if I had spoken to Jorge the night before
- 19. Order / Command My mother said: “make your bed” My mother told me to make my bed My mother ordered me to make my bed My mother told me that I make my bed Commands: orders
- 20. Request I said to my father: “Can you make the bed for me?” I asked my father to make the bed for me I asked my father that he makes the bed for me Commands: request
- 21. Invitation Lucía asked me: “Will you come to my birthday party?” Lucía invited me to go to her birthday party Commands: invitations
- 22. Advice My teacher said: “You should study more” My teacher advised me to study more Commands: advice
- 23. Warning Adriana said to Clara: “Don’t touch my mobile phone or…” Adriana warned Clara not to touch her mobile phone Adriana asked Clara not to touch her mobile phone Commands: warnings
- 24. Look! My mother ordered me to make my bed I asked my father to make the bed for me Lucía invited me to go to her birthday party My teacher advised me to study more Adriana warned Clara not to touch her mobile phone Verb + sb + (not) to + verb Commands
- 25. Suggestions Julia said: “Let’s go to the disco” Julia suggested going to the disco that we should go to the disco Suggest + that + subject + verb without to Commands: suggestions
- 26. Practice! Let’s see if you understood
- 27. He said: “I am happy” He said that he was happy She said: “I went to the cinema yesterday” She said that she had gone to he cinema the day before. Present Simple Past Simple
- 28. “I am writing my essay righ now” she said She said that she was writing her essay then. They said: ”They have never been to Brazil” They said that they had never been to Brazil. Present Continuous Present Perfect
- 29. “We are going to go to Acapulco”, they said They said they were going to go to Acapulco “He will have three children” she thought She thought he would have three children Future “going to” Future will
- 30. Julia said “They would love to visit Madrid” Julia said they would love to visit Madrid. “He can’t go to university next year” she said She said he couldn’t go to university the following year. Would Can
- 31. Exercises statements Julia: “I live in my own apartment” Nick: “I am going to visit my parents next weekend” Tom: “I have studied Italian for a year” Linda and John: “We can’t come to the party next week” Terry: “I’ll write as soon as I get there” Andrew: “I’m learning to cook chinese food” She said that she lived in her own apartment He said that he was going to visit his parents the following weekend Tom said he had studied Italian for a year They said they couldn’t come to the party the following week Terry said that he would write as soon as he got there He said that he was learning to cook Chinese food 1 2 3 4 5 6 ?
- 32. Exercises questions She asked where her umbrella was Martin asked us how we were He asked if he had to do it The mother asked her daughter where she had been She asked her boyfriend which dress he liked best Elena: “Where’s my umbrella?” “How are you?” Martin asked us He asked: “Do I have to do it?” “Where have you been?” the mother asked her daughter “Which dress do you like best?” she asked her boyfriend 1 2 3 4 5 ?
- 33. Exercises questions He asked: “What time is it?”” “Are you working these days”, he said “Did you speak to John last night?” she asked She asked: “What are you doing tomorrow?” “What happens?” He asked “Where did you go last summer?” He asked He asked what time it was He wanted to know if I was working those days She wanted to know if I had spoken to John the night before She wanted to know what I was doing the next day He wanted to know what happened He asked me where I had gone the previous summer 1 2 3 4 5 6 ?
- 34. More practice Reported Speech Statements Reported Speech Questions Reported Speech 1 Reported Speech 2 Reported Speech 3 Reported Speech 4 Reported Speech 5
- 35. More practice Pronouns in Reported Speech Exercise Tenses in Reported Speech Grammar Friends: Reported Speech Grammar Friends: Reported Speech 2
- 36. Reported Speech Exercises (Perfect English Grammar)
- 37. Genially Reported Speech Includes: explanation, examples and exercises If you still don’t understand…