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REPORTED SPEECH

6- Reported suggestions

5- Reported commands / requests

1- When do we use it?

2- Changes

7- Now it's your turn!

3- Reported statements

4- Reported questions

8- Thanks

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REPORTED SPEECH is used to tell what someone said. Yet, we do not repeat all the words exactly.

- REAL WORDS (direct speech): Tom said "We are reading this book."Vs - REPORTED SPEECH:Tom said that they were reading that book.
WHEN DO WE USE IT?

Verb Tenses

Time and place adverbial expressions

Logical change of pronouns

EXAMPLE:

DIRECT: Mary said: "They are seeing me tomorrow"

REPORTED: Mary said that they were seeing her the following day

CHANGES

Verb changes

Changes in modals

Pay attention to the changes mentioned before.

Remember not to use inverted commas.

"That" can be omitted with "tell" and "say":

She told him that he was a fool.

She told him he was a fool.

She said that I was right

She said I was right

Observe that when you use TELL, you must mention the person you're speaking to.

John said: "Ann, I'm very happy."

John told Ann that he was very happy.

Time and place adverbial change

REPORTED STATEMENTS

WH-QUESTIONSwh-word + subject + verb + complements

John asked: " When do you play badminton?"John asked me when I played badminton

YES/NO QUESTIONSif/whether + subject + verb + complements

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Same basic changes as for statements.

We do not have a question structure, now we have a "statement" (Subject + verb + complements)

Paul asked: "Are you coming to the party tonight, Jane?"

Paul asked Jane if she was coming to the party that night.

Paul asked: "Do you play volleyball?"Paul asked me if/whether I played volleyball

REPORTED QUESTIONS

EXAMPLES

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Same basic changes as for statements.

Basic introductory verbs: TELL / ORDER (commands) and ASK / BEG (requests); WARN

The IMPERATIVE verbal form turns into:

Affirmative sentences: TO + INFINITIVE

Negative sentences: NOT TO + INFINITIVE

"Come here," he told me He told me to go there"Don't be late," he told his son. He told his son not to be late

REPORTED COMMANDS/REQUESTS

"Let's go to the cinema," she suggested.She suggested going to the cinema.

verb + -ing

verb + that-clause

"Use a different toothbrush," the dentist recommended.The dentist recommended that I (should) use a different toothbrush.

Same basic changes as for statements.

Basic introductory verbs: SUGGEST / RECOMMEND

There are two options:

verb + that-clause

verb + -ing (without specifying the subject)

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REPORTED COMMANDS/REQUESTS

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OTHER REPORTING VERBS

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