We use Reported Speech when we are reporting what another person says or said.

1. Verb forms

Direct Speech Reported Speech

Present Simple Past Simple
Present Continuous Past Continuous
Future Conditional
Imperative Infinitive

2. Personal Pronouns (subject) Personal Pronouns (object)

Direct Speech Reported Speech Direct Speech Reported Speech
I He / She Me Him / Her
You I / We You Me / Us
He / She / It He / She / It Him / Her / It Him / Her / It
We They Us Them
They They Them Them

3. Possessive determiners Possessive pronouns

Direct Speech Reported Speech Direct Speech Reported Speech
my his /her mine his /hers
your my/our yours mine/ours
his/her/its his/her/its his/hers/its his/hers/its
our their ours theirs
their their theirs theirs

4. Demonstrative determiners/pronouns
Direct Speech Reported Speech
this that
these those

5. Time and place adverbs/expressions

Direct Speech Reported Speech
yesterday the day before
today that day
now then/at that moment
the next day /
tomorrow
the following day
ago before
next the following
here there
Put the following sentences into the Reported Speech
1) “I’m having a party next week.”
He said____________________________________________________________________
2) “Someone is following me.”
I said______________________________________________________________________
3) “I will have to write to your parents.”
I told them ________________________________________________________________
4) “I don’t understand anything.”
She told me ________________________________________________________________
5) “I go to the library this afternoon.”
Helen said _________________________________________________________________
6) “Do it again!”
He told us _________________________________________________________________
7) “He will leave the country.”
They said __________________________________________________________________
8) “They are trying to make him leave the office.”
She explained that __________________________________________________________

Reporting Questions
1. Perguntas com respostas YES / NO
Ask + if/whether + oração
2. Perguntas iniciadas com um pronome interrogativo
Ask + pronome interrogativo + oração
É preciso desfazer a interrogativa: o sujeito é colocado antes do verbo tal como na
afirmativa e o auxiliar to do é retirado, por já não ser necessário.
Exemplos: “Are you enjoying yourself?”
She asked me if I was enjoying myself.
“What do you want?”
He asked what I wanted.
a) “Have you got all your luggage?”
She asked me ______________________________________________________________
b) “Do you like vegetables?”
He asked me _______________________________________________________________
c) “What’s your address?”
They asked ________________________________________________________________
d) “What time will it start?”
She asked _________________________________________________________________
e) “Do you know the way to the station?”
They asked her _____________________________________________________________