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Reported Speech

No Direct Speech Reported Speech

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1. Present Simple V.1 Past Simple V.2
2. Past Simple V.2 Past Perfect had + V.3
3. Past Perfect had + V.3 Past Perfect had + V.3
4. Present Perfect has / have + V.3 Past Perfect had + V.3
5. Present Continuous is / am / are + V-ing Past Continuous was / were + V-ing
6. Past Continuous was / were + V-ing Past Perfect Cont. had + been + V-ing
7. Past Perfect Continuous had + been + V-ing Past Perfect Cont. had + been + V-ing
8. Present Perfect Cont. has / have + been + V-ing Past Perfect Cont. had + been + V-ing
9. Modals (will, shall, can, may, must + V.1 would, should, could, might, had to + V.1
No Direct Speech Reported Speech
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1. Now Then
2. at this moment at that moment
3. Today that day
4. Yesterday the day before /the previous day
5. last (week) the (week) before /the previous (week)
6. Tomorrow the following day / the day after
7. next (week) the following (week)/ the week after
8. Here There
9. This That
10. These Those
11. Ago Before
12. Tonight that night
No. Direct Speech Reported Speech
1. I He / she
2. You He / she / I / they
3. We They
4. Me him / her
5. You him / her / me
6. Us Them
7. My his / her
8. Your his / her / my
9. Our Their
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Tense Direct Speech Reported Speech

She said (that) she liked ice
present simple I like ice cream
cream.
present She said (that) she was living
I am living in London
continuous in London.
She said (that) she had bought
past simple I bought a car
a car.
She said (that) she had been
past continuous I was walking along the street
walking along the street.
She said (that) she hadn't seen
present perfect I haven't seen Julie
Julie.
I had taken English lessons She said (that) she had taken
past perfect*
before English lessons before.
She said (that) she would see
will I'll see you later
me later.
She said (that) she would help
would* I would help, but..”
but...
She said (that) she could speak
can I can speak perfect English
perfect English.
She said (that) she could swim
could* I could swim when I was four
when she was four.
She said (that) she should
shall I shall come later
come later.
She said (that) she should call
should* I should call my mother
her mother.
She said (that) she might be
might* I might be late
late
She said(that) she had to study
must I must study at the weekend
at the weekend.

Question forms and reported speech

Word order
Normal word order is used in reported questions, that is, the subject
comes before the verb, and it is not necessary to use 'do' or 'did':
Examples
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Direct speech Indirect speech

"Where does Peter live?" She asked him where Peter lived.

"Where are you going?" She asked where I was going.

"Why is she crying?" He asked why she was crying.

Yes / no questions
This type of question is reported by using 'ask' + 'if / whether' + clause:
Examples
Direct speech Indirect speech

"Do you speak English?" He asked me if I spoke English.

"Are you British or American?" He asked me whether I was British or American.

"Is it raining?" She asked if it was raining.

"Have you got a computer?" He wanted to know whether I had a computer.

"Can you type?" She asked if I could type.

"Did you come by train?" He enquired whether I had come by train.

"Have you been to Bristol before?" She asked if I had been to Bristol before.

Question words
This type of question is reported by using 'ask' (or another verb like 'ask')
+ question word + clause. The clause contains the question, in normal
word order and with the necessary tense change.

Examples
Direct speech Indirect speech

"What is your name?" he asked me. He asked me what my name was.

"How old is your mother?", he asked. He asked how old her mother was.

The policman said to the boy, "Where do you The policeman asked the boy where he
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live?" lived.

"What time does the train arrive?" she asked. She asked what time the train arrived.

"When can we have dinner?" she asked. She asked when they could have dinner.

Peter said to John, "Why are you so late?" Peter asked John why he was so late.

Reported Requests
There’s more! What if someone asks you to do something (in a polite
way)? For example:
 Direct speech: Close the window, please
 Or: Could you close the window please?
 Or: Would you mind closing the window please?
All of these requests mean the same thing, so we don’t need to report
every word when we tell another person about it. We simply use ‘ask me +
to + infinitive’:
 Reported speech: She asked me to close the window.

Here are a few more examples:

Direct Request Reported Request

Please help me.
Please don't smoke.
Could you bring my book tonight?
Could you pass the milk, please?
Would you mind coming early
tomorrow?
To report a negative request, use 'not':
 Direct speech: Please don't be late.
 Reported speech: She asked us not to be late.
She asked me to help her.
She asked me not to smoke.
She asked me to bring her book that
night.
She asked me to pass the milk.
She asked me to come early the next
day.
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Reported Orders

And finally, how about if someone doesn't ask so politely? We can call this
an 'order' in English, when someone tells you very directly to do
something. For example:

 Direct speech: Sit down!

In fact, we make this into reported speech in the same way as a request.
We just use 'tell' instead of 'ask':

 Reported speech: She told me to sit down.

Direct Order Reported Order

Go to bed! He told the child to go to bed.
Don't worry! He told her not to worry.
Be on time! He told me to be on time.
Don't
He told us not to smoke.
smoke!

Reported speech quiz 

1. 'I'll call you tomorrow.'

She said she would call me the following day.

2. 'Sally went home early.'

He told me (that) Sally had gone home early.

3. ' My parents retired two years ago.'

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He said his parents had retired two years before.

4. 'I had expected her to call.'

He told me he had expected her to call.

5. 'We're going to London next week.'

She said (that) they were going to London the following week.

6. 'At the time of the accident the train was travelling at about 20 kph.'

He told the inquiry that at the time of the accident the train had been travelling
at about 20 kph.

7. 'I might go to the party.'

She said she might go to the party.

8. 'We can do the work by next Friday.'

They said they could do the work by the following Friday.

9. 'We would finish the homework.'

The students said that they would finish the homework.

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10. 'We’ve decided to apply for jobs abroad.'

The couple said they had decided to apply for jobs abroad.

Best wishes