Transcript Indirect Speech

UNIT 2DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
ENGLISH – 2º ano EM
ATENAS 2015
Teacher Sílvia Casagrande
Example -Changes
Direct Speech: “Unprotected sex is
dangerous for both partners”, said the doctor.
 Indirect Speech: The doctor said that
unprotected sex was dangerous for both
partners.
What are the main differences
between the 2 sets of sentences
 Direct Speech= presents quotqtion marks
and the narrator says the exact speech of
the speaker.
 Indirect Speech= uses reporting verbs
(said, warned, etc) the tense is one step
back in most of the cases. the pronoun I
becomes she or he.
The main differences between the
sentences
 DIRECT SPEECH:
 “I can’t say it was something I was planning to do
right now”, the 16 year old Nickelodeon star
confessed to OK! last December.
 INDIRECT SPEECH:
 The 16 year old Nickelodeon star confessed to
OK1 the previous December that she coildn’t say it
had been something she had been planning to do
then.
CHANGES IN VERB TENSES,
PRONOUNS AND TIME
DIRECT SPEECH
INDIRECT SPEECH
I
SHE
IT
THAT
CAN’T SAY
COULDN’T SAY
WAS
HAD BEEN*
WAS PLANNING
HAD BEEN PLANNING
RIGHT NOW
THEN
LAST DECEMBER
THE PREVIOUS DECEMBER
TIME AND PLACE
DIRECT SPEECH
INDIRECT SPEECH
THIS EVENING
THAT EVENING
TODAY
THAT DAY
THESE (DAYS)
THOSE (DAYS)
NOW
THEN
A WEEK AGO
A WEEK BEFORE
LAST WEEKEND, MONTH,
YEAR
THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND,
MONTH, YEAR
NEXT (WEEK)
THE FOLLOWING (WEEK)
TOMORROW
THE NEXT/FOLLOWING DAY
HERE
THERE
MODAL VERBS- CHANGES
DIRECT SPEECH
INDIRECT SPEECH
WILL
WOULD
CAN
COULD
MUST
HAD TO
MAY
MIGHT
MIGHT
MIGHT
REPORTING VERBS*
 Accused,
admitted,
advised,
alleged,agreed,
apologized,
begged,
boasted, complained, concluded, denied,
emphasized, explained, implied, invited,
offered, ordered, pointed out, promised,
questioned, replied, suggested, shared
and thought.
 * SAID, ASKED and TOLD ARE MORE
COMMON VERBS USED IN INDIRECT
SPEECH.