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"Hi There We're Mitchell and Webb": We're Going To Show You How To Do Reported Speech

The document demonstrates how to change direct speech into reported speech by changing the verb tenses and pronouns. Mitchell and Webb act out examples of direct speech and their reporting in reported speech. Their presentation covers typical tense changes such as present becoming past and will becoming would when changing from direct to reported speech.
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"Hi There We're Mitchell and Webb": We're Going To Show You How To Do Reported Speech

The document demonstrates how to change direct speech into reported speech by changing the verb tenses and pronouns. Mitchell and Webb act out examples of direct speech and their reporting in reported speech. Their presentation covers typical tense changes such as present becoming past and will becoming would when changing from direct to reported speech.
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REPORTED SPEECH

“Hi there we’re We’re going to


Mitchell and Webb" show you how to
do reported
speech
REPORTED SPEECH

“Ready?"
REPORTED SPEECH

1 "I live in Paris."


2 "I am cooking dinner." 1 He said / told me he lived in Paris.
3 "I have visited London twice." 2 He said / told me he was cooking dinner.
3 He said / told me he had visited London twice.
4 "I went to New York last week."
4 He said / told me he had been to New York the week before.
5 "I had already eaten." 5 He said / told me he had already eaten.
6 "I am going to find a new job." 6 He said / told me he was going to find a new job.
7 "I will give Jack a call." 7 He said / told me he would give Jack a call.
8 "I have been working for over two weeks."
8 He said / told me he had been working for two weeks.

9 "I can come tonight." 9 He said / told me he could come that night.
10 "I may buy a new car." 10 He said / told me he might buy a new car.
11 "I might go to Denver." 11 He said / told me he might go to Denver.
12 "I must give Ken a call." 12 He said / told me he had to give Ken a call.
13 He said / told me he had to give Ken a call.
13 "I have to give Ken a call."
14 He said / told me he should see a doctor.
14 "I should see a doctor"
15 He told me to stop
15 "Stop!" 16 He asked me if I was OK
16 "Are you OK?" 17 He asked me why I was doing it
17 "Why are you doing this?

Thanks to Mitchell and Webb

TENSE CHANGES
Present -> Past
Past -> Past perfect
Past perfect -> Past perfect
Will -> would
REPORTED SPEECH
“Let’s see how
much you remember
of that"
REPORTED SPEECH
“Let’s see how
much you remember OK
of that"
REPORTED SPEECH
"I'm
going to say
something"
REPORTED SPEECH
"I'm “And
going to say I'm going to say
something"
what he said"
REPORTED SPEECH

"Ready?"
REPORTED SPEECH

"Ready?"
Yes
REPORTED SPEECH

"I live in Paris." He said ...


REPORTED SPEECH

"I live in Paris." He said


he lived in Paris.
REPORTED SPEECH
"I am cooking He told me...
dinner."
REPORTED SPEECH
He told me
"I am cooking
he was cooking
dinner." dinner.
REPORTED SPEECH
"I have visited
London twice."
REPORTED SPEECH
"I have visited He said / told me
London twice." he had visited
London twice.
REPORTED SPEECH
"I went to
New York last
week."
REPORTED SPEECH
He said /
"I went to
told me he had been
New York last to New York the week
week." before.
REPORTED SPEECH
"I had already
eaten."
REPORTED SPEECH
"I had already He said / told me
eaten." he had already
eaten.
REPORTED SPEECH
"I am going to
find a new job."
REPORTED SPEECH
"I am going to He said / told me
find a new job." he was going to find
a new job.
REPORTED SPEECH
"I will give
Jack a call."
REPORTED SPEECH
"I will give He said / told me
Jack a call." he would give
Jack a call.
REPORTED SPEECH
"I have been
working for
two weeks"
REPORTED SPEECH
"I have been
He said / told me
working for
he had been working
two weeks"
for two weeks.
REPORTED SPEECH
"I can come
tonight."
REPORTED SPEECH
"I can come He said / told me
tonight." he could come
that night.
REPORTED SPEECH
"I may buy
a new car."
REPORTED SPEECH
"I may buy He said / told me
a new car." he might buy
a new car.
REPORTED SPEECH
I might go
to Denver."
REPORTED SPEECH
I might go He said / told me
to Denver." he might go
to Denver.
REPORTED SPEECH
I must give
Ken a call."
REPORTED SPEECH
I must give He said / told me
Ken a call." he had to
give Ken a call.
REPORTED SPEECH
"I should
see a doctor"
REPORTED SPEECH
"I should He said / told me
see a doctor" he should
see a doctor.
REPORTED SPEECH

"Be quiet!"
REPORTED SPEECH

"Be quiet!" He told me to be


quiet."
REPORTED SPEECH

"STOP!"
REPORTED SPEECH

"STOP!" He told me to
stop."
REPORTED SPEECH

"Are you OK?"


REPORTED SPEECH

"Are you OK?" He asked me if I


was OK."
REPORTED SPEECH

"Why are you doing this?"


REPORTED SPEECH

"Why are you doing this?" He asked me why I


was doing this."
REPORTED SPEECH

Thank you He said thank you

Thanks to Mitchell and Webb


REPORTED SPEECH

1 "I live in Paris."


2 "I am cooking dinner." 1 He said / told me he lived in Paris.
3 "I have visited London twice." 2 He said / told me he was cooking dinner.
3 He said / told me he had visited London twice.
4 "I went to New York last week."
4 He said / told me he had been to New York the week before.
5 "I had already eaten." 5 He said / told me he had already eaten.
6 "I am going to find a new job." 6 He said / told me he was going to find a new job.
7 "I will give Jack a call." 7 He said / told me he would give Jack a call.
8 "I have been working for over two weeks."
8 He said / told me he had been working for two weeks.

9 "I can come tonight." 9 He said / told me he could come that night.
10 "I may buy a new car." 10 He said / told me he might buy a new car.
11 "I might go to Denver." 11 He said / told me he might go to Denver.
12 "I must give Ken a call." 12 He said / told me he had to give Ken a call.
13 He said / told me he had to give Ken a call.
13 "I have to give Ken a call."
14 He said / told me he should see a doctor.
14 "I should see a doctor"
15 He told me to stop
15 "Stop!" 16 He asked me if I was OK
16 "Are you OK?" 17 He asked me why I was doing it
17 "Why are you doing this?

Thanks to Mitchell and Webb

TENSE CHANGES
Present -> Past
Past -> Past perfect
Past perfect -> Past perfect
Will -> would

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