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Reported Speech

Reported speech is used to report what someone said in the past. When reporting speech, the tense may change and pronouns, determiners, places, and times are normally adjusted. For example, "I'm at school" would become "He said he was at school." Questions are reported using verbs like "ask" followed by if or whether and a clause. Direct speech is converted to reported speech by adjusting grammar rules while maintaining the original meaning.

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Reported Speech

Reported speech is used to report what someone said in the past. When reporting speech, the tense may change and pronouns, determiners, places, and times are normally adjusted. For example, "I'm at school" would become "He said he was at school." Questions are reported using verbs like "ask" followed by if or whether and a clause. Direct speech is converted to reported speech by adjusting grammar rules while maintaining the original meaning.

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Reported

speech
Reported speech
USE

At 9 am At 1 pm

I’m at the … and he said


school that he was at
library the school
grandma! library.

 Reported speech is used when someone is telling


someone else about a conversation that took place in
the past.
Reported speech
STATEMENTS AND IMPERATIVES

When reporting what someone said:


 we always use reporting verbs: say, tell, explain,
suggest, order, etc;
 We sometimes change tenses, when the reporting verb
is in the past simple;
 we change determiners and pronouns and time and
place words.
There is no change in the verb tense when the reporting
verb is in the present simple.
Carol: “I am skeptical.” Carol says she is skeptical.
Reported speech
TENSES CHANGE
Direct speech Reported speech
Present simple Past simple
I’m at school. He said he was at school.
Present continuous Past continuous
It’s raining. He told me it was raining.
Will (future simple) Would + infinitive without
I’ll throw a party. She
to said she would throw a party.
Past simple / Present Past perfect
perfect
John went out. John has gone They said John had gone out.
out.
Imperative Infinitive
Clean your bedroom, Sarah. She told me to clean my
Don’t worry, Sarah. bedroom.
She told me not to worry.
Reported speech
DETERMINERS / PRONOUNS CHANGE

Direct speech Reported speech


I he / she
we they
my his / her
our their
mine his / hers
ours theirs
Reported speech
TIME AND PLACE EXPRESSIONS CHANGE

Direct speech Reported speech


today that day
now then / at the moment
yesterday the day before
the previous day
tomorrow the next day
the following day
this that
these those
here there
Reported questions
USE / EXAMPLES

Wh-questions
Direct speech Reported speech
“What did you do yesterday?” She asked me what I had done
the day before.
ask+ Wh-word (what, where, why, who, when, how) + clause

Yes/No questions
Direct speech Reported speech
“Did you like the summer The teacher asked her if/ whether
camp?” she had liked the summer camp.
ask+ if / whether + clause
Reported speech
TENSES CHANGE

Reporting verb Example


Philip told me he had decided to do karate.
tell
The teachers told the students to study more.
ask
wonder My mother asked me if I had done my
want to know homework.
explain John suggested that I should participate in
suggest social
say
activities.
Reported speech
PRACTICE

Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech.

1. “What time are you going to school?” Helen asked me.


Helen asked me what time I was going to school
_____________________________________________________.

2. “Don’t be late.” his mother asked him.


His mother asked him not to be late
_____________________________________________________.

3. “They will be here next week.” Peter told Gabriel.


Peter told Gabriel that they would be there the following week
_____________________________________________________.

4. “Our parents are coming to live with us.” her sister said.
Her sister said that their parents were coming to live with them
_____________________________________________________.

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