Reported Speech

REPORTED SPEECH

Project Institute

29/06/09

Direct Speech VS Reported speech I’ ll wait for you, Tim

She said she would wait for him. She told him she would wait for him 29/06/09

Reported STATEMENTS Direct speech

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Reported speech

Present Simple

Past Simple

Present Continuous

Past Continuous

Present Perfect

Past Perfect

Past Simple

Past perfect

Future Simple

Conditional Simple

TIME EXPRESSIONS ... also change

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Tonight, today, this week/month

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now

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yesterday, last night last week

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tomorrow, next week, next month

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That night, that day, that week

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then

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the day before, the previous night/week

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the following day, the next week, month

Let’s put it in practice

I’m studying Jazz

You dance beautilfully I didn’t see you here last Saturday

I’ll take you home, baby 29/06/09

I’ve been ill lately

I can take a taxi

Reported QUESTIONS ■

We use:

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ASK + WHAT / WHERE / WHEN ASK + IF / WHETHER

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WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING? DID YOU SEE HER? 29/06/09

SHE ASKED ME WHAT I WAS WATCHING

SHE ASKED ME IF I HAD SEEN HER

She asked him not to touch

Reported ORDERS Don’t touch

Be careful, Tommy

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She asked him to be careful

Let’s see how it works

29/06/09