Reported speech

1.

REPORTED
SPEECH

2.

WHEN?
W E U S E R E P O RT E D S P E E C H
TO T E L L A N OT H E R P E R S O N
W H AT T H E Y S A I D

3.

WE USUALLY CHANGE THE TENSE OF
THE WORDS FROM DIRECT SPEECH .
DIRECT SPEECH
I like reading
I am flying to New York
next week.
I will find your wallet.
I can make you laugh.
I was at the stadium
yesterday.
R E P O RT E D S P E E C H
• He said he liked reading
• He said he was flying to New
York next week
• He said he would find my
wallet.
• She said she could make us
laugh.
• She said she had been at the
stadium the other day.

4.

• I have been to Italy.
• He said he had been to Italy.
• We may be late.
• They said they might be
late.
• I must buy a her dress.
• She said
• She said she had to buy a
new dress.

5.

SAY TO SOMEBODY TELL SOMEBODY
• I said to her, that I
might be late.
• I TOLD HER THAT I
might be late.

6.

REPORTED
QUESTIONS

7.

WE USE INDIRECT
QUESTIONS TO
REPORT ABOUT
WHAT SOMEONE
ASKED.

8.

• Will you come to
our party?
• When does the
party start?
• She asked if
/whether I would
come to their party.
• She asked when the
party started.

9.

ADVERBS OF TIME AND PLACE ALSO
CHANGE IN THE REPORTED SPEECH
• Tomorrow
• Yesterday
• Here
• The next day
• The other day
• There
• This afternoon
• That afternoon

10.

REPORTED
COMMANDS

11.

WE USE INDIRECT
COMMANDS WITH
O B J E C T/ S U B J E C T + T O
+ INFINITIVE

12.

•He told me to go away.
She asked him to stop staring
at her
They asked us not to shout.