Transcript reported speech - IES Diego Velázquez

Reported Speech
REPORTED SPEECH
' I know quite a lot of people
here.'
Robert said.
'John is feeling much better '
Paul said.
Present
Simple
Simple Past
Present
Continuous
Past
Continuous
' I enjoyed my holiday in the
States'
David said.
'Jackie wasn´t feeling very well
'
The teacher said.
' They've seen the Eiffel Tower '
John said.
Simple Past
Past Perfect
Past
Continuous
Past Perfect
Continuous
Present
Perfect
Past Perfect
' I have been waiting for ages '
My father said.
Present
Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect
Past Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect
Continuous
' Nobody had warned them
about the storm ' The politician
said.
' She had been reading all day '
Brenda said.
Past Perfect
He said that he
...............................
quite a lot of people there
He said that John
...........................much better
He said that he
............................... his holiday
in the States
He said that Jackie
.........................
very well
He said that they
............................
the Eiffel Tower
He said that he
............................
for ages
He said that nobody
.................... about the storm
She said that she
........................ all day
REPORTED SPEECH
' I will be here with you.'
Robert promised me.
Future
Simple
Conditional
Present
Robert promised that he
...............................
there with me
'John is going to study French '
Paul said.
Be going to
Was/Were
going to
Paul said that John
...........................
to study French
' We can start the lesson'
David said.
Can
Could
David said that we
............................... start the
lesson
' They may come home '
My husband said.
May
Might
My husband said that they
.........................
come home
' You must be quiet in class '
The teacher said.
Must
Had to
The teacher said that we
............................
be quiet in class
REPORTING STATEMENTS
Useful introductory verbs.
ADD
ADMIT + ing
ANSWER
ARGUE
ASSURE
BOAST about
COMPLAIN to .. about
DENY + ing
EXPLAIN
GRUMBLE about
OBJECT to + ing
OBSERVE
SAY & TELL
POINT OUT
PROMISE
PROTEST against /about
REMARK
REMIND someone of…
REPLY
REPORTING STATEMENTS
•agree, refuse, offer, promise, threaten + infinitive
Ann: Would you wait half an hour’
Tom: All right
Chris: Would you lend me another €50?
David: No, I won´t lend you any more money
•accuse of, admit, apologize for, deny, insist on +
gerund
You took me the money!
I stole/ didn´t steal it!
I am sorry I’m late
Let me pay, please, let me
REPORTING QUESTIONS
YES / NO QUESTIONS
•There is no inversion (subject/verb)
•If or whether after the reporting verb
“Are you working these days?” he said.
He inquired if/whether I was working those days
“Did you speak to John last night?” she asked
She wanted to know if I had spoken to J, the night before.
REPORTING QUESTIONS
WH- QUESTIONS
•When Who or What are subjects of the sentence we don’t
change the word order
“Who told you this story?” He asked me who had told that
story
“What happens?” He wanted to know what happened.
•The word order is a positive one, without inversion
(subject/verb)
“Where did you go last summer?”.
He asked me where I had gone the previous summer.
•Some verbs we can use as reporting verbs: ask, enquire,
wonder,
would like to know, want to know
REPORTING COMMANDS
•The imperative changes into infinitive
He said to us: “Stay here”
He told us to stay here
•The reporting verb must indicate “order”
He said: “Be quiet”
He told me to be quiet
•Apart from Tell other verbs can be used: ask, beg,
invite, warn, order, command, instruct,...
“Say that again”, he said to me
He asked me to
say that again
REPORTING REQUESTS
•The verbs used are: beg, ask, demand & request and they
are situated before the requested person.
•The word “please” is omitted
•When let is used in direct speech it must appear in the
reported too but omitting the modal verb.
•When let is not used the modal is not omitted.
“John, don’t open the window, please” I said
I asked /requested/begged John not to open the window.
“Can you let me use your phone, please?” I asked my
neighbour
I asked my neighbour to let me use her phone
“Can I use your phone?” I asked my neighbour
I asked my neighbour if I could use her phone.
REPORTING SUGGESTIONS
•We normally use suggest + gerund to report them
•Also suggest that + subordinate sentence
•The suggestions : Let’s, why don’t we, shall we, why not…
are omitted
“Let’s go to the theatre” she said.
“Why don’t we go to the theatre?”
“Shall we go to the theatre?”
She suggested going to the theatre
She suggested that we could go to the theatre
“Let’s not argue again,” he said.
He suggested not arguing again
He suggested that they should not argue again.