Transcript Reporting Verbs

Reporting Statements, Questions,
Commands, Requests and
Suggestions
REPORTED SPEECH
What is it ?
How do you use it?
Where’s
Tom?
He said he
was feeling
ill.
We use it when we want to tell another person
about a conversation that took place in the past
(e.g telephone call, news or a story that someone
told us, etc.)
Changes: while Reporting Direct Speech
 Verb Tense (when the Reporting Verb is in
the Past Tense – most times. See next slide)
 Personal Pronouns, Possessives
(In a logical way, see every sentence)
 Demonstratives:
This  That
These Those
 Time & Place Expressions
Changes in Verb Tense, Possessives
' I know quite a lot of people
here.‘ Ashis said.
Present
Simple
Simple Past
Ashis said that he knew
quite a lot of people there
‘Ravi is feeling much better '
Raghu said.
Present
Continuous
Past
Continuous
Raghu said that Ravi was
feeling much better
' I enjoyed my holidays in
Ooty‘, Swami said.
Simple Past
Past Perfect
Swami said that he had
enjoyed his holiday in Ooty.
‘Abu wasn´t feeling very well '
The teacher said.
Past
Continuous
Past Perfect
Continuous
The teacher said that Abu
hadn’t been feeling very well
' They‘ve seen the Taj Mahal'
Sinu said.
Present
Perfect
Past Perfect
Sinu said that they had seen
the Taj Mahal.
' I have been waiting for ages’
Anu said.
Present
Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect
' Nobody had warned them
about the Tsunami ' The
politician said.
' She had been reading all
day ‘, Habeeba said.
Past Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect
(No change)
Past Perfect
Continuous
Past Perfect
Continuous
(No change)
Anu said that she had been
waiting for ages
The politician said that nobody
had warned them about the
Tsunami.
Habeeba said that she had
been reading all day
' I will be here with you.'
Radha promised me.
Future
Simple
Conditional
Radha promised that she
would be there with me
Was/Were
going to
Saleem said that Gopi was
going to study Tamil
Could
Samuel said that they could
start the lesson
Be going to
‘Gopi is going to study Tamil '
Saleem said.
MODAL VERBS:
' We can start the lesson'
Samuel said.
Can
' They may come home '
My husband said.
May
' You must be quiet in class '
The teacher told us.
Must
Might
My husband said that they
might come home
Had to
The teacher told us that we
had to be quiet in class.
Would
She told that she would see
me later.
‘ I’ll see you later!’ She said.
Will/ Shall
Changes in Time and Place expressions:
Time
Place
Now
Ago
Then
Before
here
there
today
that day
This town/
garden...
That town/
garden ...
tomorrow
the following day OR
the day after
These cities/ ...
Those cities/ ...
yesterday
the previous day OR
the day before
last week/
month/ ...
the previous week/
month ... OR the week
before
Next week /
month/ ...
The following week /
month OR the week/
month after
REPORTING STATEMENTS
Statements are Affirmative or Negative Sentences.
We use a Reporting Verb + That (it can be omitted) + Subject
+ verb in Previous tense + ...
- “The students are tired”- said the teacher
The teacher said (that) the students were tired.
- “It’s the funniest show I’ve ever seen” -Minu told
me.
Minu told me (that) it was the funniest show she
had ever seen.
- “I’ll call you this afternoon” - Venu assured
Venu assured us (that) he would call us that
afternoon.
Reporting Verbs Usually Used
The most common ones:
Told, said, answered, admitted, added,
explained, denied, observed, replied,
*
remarked
Followed by THAT ( Remember it can be omitted)
REPORTING QUESTIONS
 YES / NO QUESTIONS:
Reporting Verb + If or whether + Subject + Verb +...
“Are you just coming to the class?” Samuel said to
Swami.
Samuel asked if/whether Swami was coming to class.
(No Question Mark)
“Have you written anything about our teacher,
Samuel?” Swami asked his father.
Swami wanted to know if his father had written anything
about their teacher Samuel.
 WH- QUESTIONS:
Reporting Verb + Question Word(s) + Subject + Verb
“Why are you late?” Samuel asked Swami.
Samuel asked Swami why he was late.
“Why did not Columbus come to India, sir?” Swami asked.
Swami asked his teacher why Columbus hadn’t come to
India.
Reporting Verbs
asked, enquired, wanted to know, interrogated
REPORTING COMMANDS (ORDERS)
The Imperative changes into ‘To Infinitive’:
Samuel said to Swami: “Open your hand”
Samuel commanded Swami to open his hand.
Father said to Swami: “Dress up and go”
 Father told Swami to dress up and go.
“Don’t shout”, Samuel said.
Samuel ordered Swami not to shout.
Reporting Verbs:
Tell, ask, beg, invite, warn, order, command, instruct,...
REPORTING SUGGESTIONS:
(We normally use suggest that + Clause
•Let’s, why don’t we, shall we, why not… are omitted)
“Let’s go to the beach”
“Why don’t we go to the beach?”
“Shall we go to the beach?”
She suggested that we (should) go to the theatre
“Let’s not argue again,” he said.
He suggested that they should not argue again.
REPORTING REQUESTS
We use these Reporting Verbs:
beg, ask, demand, request + (not) to
The word “please” is omitted.
“Can I go out tonight, mum, please?” The boy begged.
The boy begged to go out that night.
“Ravi, don’t open the window, please” I said
I asked /requested/begged Ravi 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 OR
To use her phone
Other Verbs & Structures:
Agree, refuse, offer, promise, threaten, warn
+ To Infinitive:
Anu: Would you wait half an hour?
Tomy: All right
Tomy agreed to wait half an hour.
Sunil: Would you lend me another Rs.50?
Jasim: No, I won´t lend you any more money
Jasim refused to lend Sunil any more money.
Accuse of, admit, apologize for, deny, insist on
+ Gerund
You took my money! He accused her of taking his money
I am sorry I’m late  She apologized for being late
Let me pay, please  She insisted on paying
End
Prepared by
Abdul Hakeem. C.P
G.H.S.S Narikkuni