Transcript the reported speech

THE REPORTED SPEECH
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THE REPORTED SPEECH
• When the reporting verb is in the Simple
Present, Present Perfect or Future Simple
there are no changes in the reported
speech.
Direct Speech: I can explain.
Reported Speech:
He says he can explain.
He has said he can explain.
He will say he can explain.
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THE REPORTED SPEECH
• When the reporting verb is in any of the tenses
of the past the verbs of the direct speech need
to be changed:
Direct Speech
Reported Speech
Simple Present
→
Simple Past
Pres. Continuous
→
Past Continuous
Simple Past
→
Past Perfect
Present Perfect
→
Past Perfect
Past Perfect
→
Past Perfect
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THE REPORTED SPEECH
Direct Speech
Future
Imperative
→
→
Reported Speech
Conditonal (would +inf)
To-infinitive
Direct Speech: She drinks tea.
Reported Speech: She said she DRUNK tea.
Direct Speech: He ate a cake.
Reported Speech: He said he HAD EATEN a
cake.
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• Reporting the Imperative.
- The imperative changes into a to-infinitive.
- It is introduced by verbs such as tell, order, ask,
warn, advise, request.
Direct Speech: Go away!
Reported Speech: He told me to go away.
Direct Speech: Do the homework!
Reported Speech: He ordered me to do the
homework.
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• Other changes:
Direct Speech
Here
→
This
→
These
→
Now
→
Today
→
Tonight
→
Reported Speech
There
That
Those
Then
That day
That night
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• Other changes:
Direct Speech
Tomorrow
→
Yesterday
Next week
Ago
→
→
→
Reported Speech
The next day
The following day
The day before
The following week
Before
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• Exercises
1. They don’t know the school rules.
The headmaster said
2. Don’t speak so loud!
I advised them
3. The farmers are facing difficult problems.
We were informed that
4. They didn’t send the documents yesterday.
The police said
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5. This is the biggest challenge we have ever
faced.
One of the entrepreneurs said
6. The government has sent specialized fire
fighters to the area.
The spokesman said
7. Some days ago the refugees refused to be
deported.
The journalist reported that
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THE REPORTED SPEECH
• Solutions
1. The headmaster said they didn’t know the
school rules.
2. I advised them not to speak so loud.
3. We were informed that the farmers were facing
difficult problems.
4. The police said they hadn’t sent the documents
the day before.
5. One of the entrepreneurs said (that) that was
the biggest challenge they had ever faced.
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6. The spokesman said the government had sent
specialized fire fighters to the area.
7. The journalist reported that some days before
the refugees had refused to be deported.
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• Reporting Questions
- There is no auxiliary “to do”
Direct Speech: What do you want?
Reported Speech: He asked what I wanted.
- In questions without interrogative pronouns you
use whether or if.
Direct Speech: Do you know John?
Reported Speech: He asked whether I knew John.
if
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THE REPORTED SPEECH
•
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Reporting Questions
Reporting verbs for the interrogative:
Ask, enquire, wonder, want to know
EXERCISES:
1. Who will go to the disco with me?
John asked Steven
2. What is happening now?
Jill wanted to know
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3. Is Jim younger or older than Michael?
The teacher asked
4. Have you seen the beautiful things made
by this craftsman?
The tourist asked
5. Did he suggest any treaties with the
enemy?
The general wondered
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Reporting Questions – Solutions
1. John asked Steven who would go to the disco
with him.
2 . Jill wanted to know what was happening then.
3. The teacher asked whether Jim was older than
Michael.
4. The tourist asked if they had seen the beautiful
things made by that craftsman.
5. The general wondered if he had suggested any
treaties with the enemy.
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